NEW YORK -- Daniel Descalso took a calculated risk in a big spot.
And it paid off big time.
With his team trying to rally against Mets closer Jeurys Familia, the Rockies first baseman stepped to the plate with runners on first and second and nobody out.
After fouling off his first two sacrifice attempts, he found himself in an unenviable position against the NL's save leader.
Rather than swing away with two strikes, he squared to bunt again.
The usually steady Familia stumbled for a second straight game, allowing two runs in the ninth inning and Colorado beat New York 2-1 Thursday for their seventh win in eight games.
Less than 24 hours after Familia's streak of 52 consecutive regular-season saves was snapped, the right-hander entered in the top of the ninth with a 1-0 lead, and couldn't hold it.
Trevor Story had a leadoff single and stole second. After fellow rookie David Dahl walked, Descalso bunted up the first base line. Mets catcher Rene Rivera watched as the ball spun toward foul territory but it stopped fair, loading the bases with no out.
"I knew it had a lot of English on it and I was looking back to try to see if it was going foul and I guess it stopped right on the line," Descalso said.
"I didn't want to hit into a double play. He's got a good sinker and if I put it in play good chance it's going to be on the ground, so I decided to take a chance and get the bunt down 0-2."
With one out, Familia (2-3) got pinch-hitter Cristhian Adames to hit a slow grounder to the right side. First baseman James Loney misplayed the ball and Story scored to make it 1-all. Familia then threw a wild pitch, allowing Dahl to cross the plate with the go-ahead run.
"Familia is as good as there is in the game," Rockies manager Walt Weiss said. "Their staff overall, you're not going to come in here and put up big innings and big crooked numbers. You've got to scratch and claw for everything."
Dealing with a rare early start to open a series because of a camp day at Citi Field, neither offense was able to do much against starters Jacob deGrom and Tyler Anderson.
DeGrom allowed only one runner to reach second base in seven scoreless innings.
Rivera drove in the only Mets' run in the second inning with a double into the right-center field gap, but was easily tagged out at third trying to stretch it into a triple.
Anderson struck out five and walked none, allowing seven hits over six innings.
"The goal every time is to try to give up zero runs," Anderson said. "You do realize in a game like this that if you give them up you've really got to try to limit them."
Jordan Lyles (3-3) pitched a scoreless eighth for the Rockies, and closer Carlos Estevez had a perfect ninth for his 11th save.
New York loaded the bases with no outs in the seventh inning off of reliever Jake McGee. Right-hander Scott Oberg came on to retire three straight batters to end the threat.
Colorado had been 0-41 this season when trailing after eight innings before Thursday's win, a victory which snapped a 10-game road losing streak against the Mets.
"That's one of the better wins of the year, if not the best," Weiss said. "Really proud of our guys."
WHO WANTS IT?
Rockies catcher Tony Wolters and Descalso collided in front of home plate in the bottom of the fourth, both going after Wilmer Flores' popup. The ball started in foul territory, but drifted fair. Each fielder fell to the ground after the collision, with Wolters holding on for the out. They both remained in the game.
QUICK START
Dahl has hit safely in his first four games in the majors, including his first multi-hit game on Thursday.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Mets: 3B Jose Reyes missed his third straight game with a strained left ribcage, hurt during his final at-bat in the first game of a doubleheader on Tuesday. "He was pretty sore last night when he left here," Mets manager Terry Collins said before the game on Thursday. "I talked to the trainers before I left and they said there's just no way he's going to be able to play tomorrow." ... OF Yoenis Cespedes was not in the starting lineup due to a flare-up of a right quad injury first sustained on July 8. "Last night he came in when the game was over and said it was starting to bother him pretty bad," Collins said. Cespedes was walked intentionally as a pinch-hitter in the seventh inning and was promptly lifted for a pinch runner.
Rockies: OF Gerardo Parra (sprained left ankle) is set to begin a rehab assignment with Double-A Hartford on Friday. He was placed on the 15-day disabled list on Jun. 17, retroactive to the 15th.
UP NEXT
Rockies: RHP Tyler Chatwood (9-6, 3.65) takes the hill on Friday night. He is 2-0 with a 1.57 ERA in four starts against the Mets. The 26-year-old won on Sunday against Atlanta, allowing no runs over five innings despite walking eight.
Mets: LHP Steven Matz (8-6, 3.36) earned the win on Sunday in Miami, his first since May 25.
Colorado Rockies
And it paid off big time.
With his team trying to rally against Mets closer Jeurys Familia, the Rockies first baseman stepped to the plate with runners on first and second and nobody out.
After fouling off his first two sacrifice attempts, he found himself in an unenviable position against the NL's save leader.
Rather than swing away with two strikes, he squared to bunt again.
The usually steady Familia stumbled for a second straight game, allowing two runs in the ninth inning and Colorado beat New York 2-1 Thursday for their seventh win in eight games.
Less than 24 hours after Familia's streak of 52 consecutive regular-season saves was snapped, the right-hander entered in the top of the ninth with a 1-0 lead, and couldn't hold it.
Trevor Story had a leadoff single and stole second. After fellow rookie David Dahl walked, Descalso bunted up the first base line. Mets catcher Rene Rivera watched as the ball spun toward foul territory but it stopped fair, loading the bases with no out.
"I knew it had a lot of English on it and I was looking back to try to see if it was going foul and I guess it stopped right on the line," Descalso said.
"I didn't want to hit into a double play. He's got a good sinker and if I put it in play good chance it's going to be on the ground, so I decided to take a chance and get the bunt down 0-2."
With one out, Familia (2-3) got pinch-hitter Cristhian Adames to hit a slow grounder to the right side. First baseman James Loney misplayed the ball and Story scored to make it 1-all. Familia then threw a wild pitch, allowing Dahl to cross the plate with the go-ahead run.
"Familia is as good as there is in the game," Rockies manager Walt Weiss said. "Their staff overall, you're not going to come in here and put up big innings and big crooked numbers. You've got to scratch and claw for everything."
Dealing with a rare early start to open a series because of a camp day at Citi Field, neither offense was able to do much against starters Jacob deGrom and Tyler Anderson.
DeGrom allowed only one runner to reach second base in seven scoreless innings.
Rivera drove in the only Mets' run in the second inning with a double into the right-center field gap, but was easily tagged out at third trying to stretch it into a triple.
Anderson struck out five and walked none, allowing seven hits over six innings.
"The goal every time is to try to give up zero runs," Anderson said. "You do realize in a game like this that if you give them up you've really got to try to limit them."
Jordan Lyles (3-3) pitched a scoreless eighth for the Rockies, and closer Carlos Estevez had a perfect ninth for his 11th save.
New York loaded the bases with no outs in the seventh inning off of reliever Jake McGee. Right-hander Scott Oberg came on to retire three straight batters to end the threat.
Colorado had been 0-41 this season when trailing after eight innings before Thursday's win, a victory which snapped a 10-game road losing streak against the Mets.
"That's one of the better wins of the year, if not the best," Weiss said. "Really proud of our guys."
WHO WANTS IT?
Rockies catcher Tony Wolters and Descalso collided in front of home plate in the bottom of the fourth, both going after Wilmer Flores' popup. The ball started in foul territory, but drifted fair. Each fielder fell to the ground after the collision, with Wolters holding on for the out. They both remained in the game.
QUICK START
Dahl has hit safely in his first four games in the majors, including his first multi-hit game on Thursday.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Mets: 3B Jose Reyes missed his third straight game with a strained left ribcage, hurt during his final at-bat in the first game of a doubleheader on Tuesday. "He was pretty sore last night when he left here," Mets manager Terry Collins said before the game on Thursday. "I talked to the trainers before I left and they said there's just no way he's going to be able to play tomorrow." ... OF Yoenis Cespedes was not in the starting lineup due to a flare-up of a right quad injury first sustained on July 8. "Last night he came in when the game was over and said it was starting to bother him pretty bad," Collins said. Cespedes was walked intentionally as a pinch-hitter in the seventh inning and was promptly lifted for a pinch runner.
Rockies: OF Gerardo Parra (sprained left ankle) is set to begin a rehab assignment with Double-A Hartford on Friday. He was placed on the 15-day disabled list on Jun. 17, retroactive to the 15th.
UP NEXT
Rockies: RHP Tyler Chatwood (9-6, 3.65) takes the hill on Friday night. He is 2-0 with a 1.57 ERA in four starts against the Mets. The 26-year-old won on Sunday against Atlanta, allowing no runs over five innings despite walking eight.
Mets: LHP Steven Matz (8-6, 3.36) earned the win on Sunday in Miami, his first since May 25.
1:10PM,EDT,July 28,2016
Citi Field, New York, New York
Citi Field, New York, New York
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Colorado - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Jacob deGrom pitching for New York | COL | NYM |
| Blackmon grounded out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| LeMahieu struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Arenado struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Tyler Anderson pitching for Colorado | COL | NYM |
| Lagares grounded out to catcher. | 0 | 0 |
| Granderson struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| Flores grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Jacob deGrom pitching for New York | COL | NYM |
| González grounded out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Story struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Dahl singled to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Descalso struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Tyler Anderson pitching for Colorado | COL | NYM |
| Walker singled to left. | 0 | 0 |
| Cabrera grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Walker out at second. | 0 | 0 |
| Loney singled to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Rivera doubled to deep right, Loney scored, Rivera out stretching at third. | 0 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Jacob deGrom pitching for New York | COL | NYM |
| Wolters singled to right. | 0 | 1 |
| Anderson grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Wolters out at second. | 0 | 1 |
| Blackmon flied out to left. | 0 | 1 |
| LeMahieu flied out to right. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Tyler Anderson pitching for Colorado | COL | NYM |
| De Aza grounded out to first. | 0 | 1 |
| deGrom struck out looking. | 0 | 1 |
| Lagares grounded out to third. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Jacob deGrom pitching for New York | COL | NYM |
| Arenado fouled out to catcher. | 0 | 1 |
| González grounded out to pitcher. | 0 | 1 |
| Story singled to left. | 0 | 1 |
| Dahl singled to left, Story to second. | 0 | 1 |
| Descalso flied out to center. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Tyler Anderson pitching for Colorado | COL | NYM |
| Granderson grounded out to first. | 0 | 1 |
| Flores popped out to catcher. | 0 | 1 |
| Walker doubled to shallow left. | 0 | 1 |
| Cabrera reached on infield single to third, Walker to third. | 0 | 1 |
| Loney flied out to center. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Jacob deGrom pitching for New York | COL | NYM |
| Wolters bunt grounded out to pitcher. | 0 | 1 |
| Anderson walked. | 0 | 1 |
| Blackmon flied out to left. | 0 | 1 |
| LeMahieu struck out swinging. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Tyler Anderson pitching for Colorado | COL | NYM |
| Rivera doubled to deep left. | 0 | 1 |
| De Aza struck out looking. | 0 | 1 |
| deGrom grounded out to second, Rivera to third. | 0 | 1 |
| Lagares struck out looking. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Jacob deGrom pitching for New York | COL | NYM |
| Arenado fouled out to first. | 0 | 1 |
| González singled to right. | 0 | 1 |
| Story flied out to center. | 0 | 1 |
| Dahl struck out swinging. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Tyler Anderson pitching for Colorado | COL | NYM |
| Granderson struck out swinging. | 0 | 1 |
| Flores singled to left. | 0 | 1 |
| Walker popped out to shortstop. | 0 | 1 |
| Cabrera safe at first on error by third baseman Arenado, Flores to second. | 0 | 1 |
| Loney popped out to first. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Jacob deGrom pitching for New York | COL | NYM |
| Descalso flied out to center. | 0 | 1 |
| Wolters lined out to center. | 0 | 1 |
| Raburn hit for Anderson. | 0 | 1 |
| Raburn popped out to second. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Jake McGee pitching for Colorado | COL | NYM |
| McGee relieved Anderson. | 0 | 1 |
| Rivera singled to left. | 0 | 1 |
| De Aza doubled to deep left center, Rivera to third. | 0 | 1 |
| Céspedes hit for deGrom. | 0 | 1 |
| Céspedes intentionally walked. | 0 | 1 |
| Matz ran for Céspedes. | 0 | 1 |
| Oberg relieved McGee. | 0 | 1 |
| Johnson hit for Lagares. | 0 | 1 |
| Johnson grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Rivera out at home, De Aza to third, Matz to second. | 0 | 1 |
| Granderson struck out swinging. | 0 | 1 |
| Flores flied out to center. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Addison Reed pitching for New York | COL | NYM |
| Johnson in left field. | 0 | 1 |
| De Aza in center field. | 0 | 1 |
| Reed relieved deGrom. | 0 | 1 |
| Blackmon bunt grounded out to third. | 0 | 1 |
| LeMahieu singled to right. | 0 | 1 |
| Arenado fouled out to catcher. | 0 | 1 |
| Blevins relieved Reed. | 0 | 1 |
| González struck out swinging. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Jordan Lyles pitching for Colorado | COL | NYM |
| Lyles relieved Oberg. | 0 | 1 |
| Walker singled to left center. | 0 | 1 |
| Cabrera struck out swinging. | 0 | 1 |
| Loney popped out to third. | 0 | 1 |
| Rivera lined out to left. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Jeurys Familia pitching for New York | COL | NYM |
| Familia relieved Blevins. | 0 | 1 |
| Story singled to center. | 0 | 1 |
| Story stole second. | 0 | 1 |
| Dahl walked. | 0 | 1 |
| Descalso reached on bunt single to catcher, Story to third, Dahl to second. | 0 | 1 |
| Wolters struck out swinging. | 0 | 1 |
| Adames hit for Lyles. | 0 | 1 |
| Adames grounded into fielder's choice to first, Story scored, Dahl to third, Descalso safe at second on error by first baseman Loney. | 1 | 1 |
| Dahl scored, Descalso to third, Adames to second on wild pitch by Familia. | 2 | 1 |
| Blackmon intentionally walked. | 2 | 1 |
| Robles relieved Familia. | 2 | 1 |
| LeMahieu struck out looking. | 2 | 1 |
| Arenado popped out to shortstop. | 2 | 1 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Carlos Estevez pitching for Colorado | COL | NYM |
| Estevez relieved Lyles. | 2 | 1 |
| De Aza flied out to center. | 2 | 1 |
| Conforto hit for Robles. | 2 | 1 |
| Conforto struck out swinging. | 2 | 1 |
| Johnson grounded out to first. | 2 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
Colorado Rockies
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackmon CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | .296 | .358 | .456 |
| LeMahieu 2B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | .325 | .389 | .473 |
| Arenado 3B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | .282 | .350 | .562 |
| González RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .316 | .369 | .540 |
| Story SS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .271 | .342 | .573 |
| Dahl LF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | .333 | .375 | .533 |
| Descalso 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .310 | .407 | .430 |
| Wolters C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .239 | .320 | .351 |
| Anderson P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | .111 | .158 | .278 |
a-Raburn PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .219 | .302 | .420 |
McGee P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Oberg P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Lyles P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
b-Adames PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .189 | .295 | .274 |
Estevez P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Totals | 36 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 149 | |||
| a-popped out to second for T Anderson in the 7th b-grounded into fielder's choice to first for J Lyles in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING RBI: Adames (8) Rockies RISP: 1-6 (LeMahieu 0-1, Adames 0-1, Wolters 0-1, Descalso 1-2, Arenado 0-1) Team LOB: 10 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: Story (8, 2nd base off Familia/Rivera) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: Arenado (4, ground ball) DP: 1 (Story-LeMahieu-Descalso). Outfield Assist: González (Rivera at 3rd base). | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Citi Field, New York, NY |
| Attendance | 38,292 (91.3% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:13 |
| Weather | 93 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 7 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - John Tumpane, First Base - Chris Guccione, Second Base - Alan Porter, Third Base - Jeff Kellogg |
