Jacob deGrom burnished his rookie of the year credentials by pitching three-hit ball for eight dominant innings, and the Mets held on to beat the Colorado Rockies 2-0 Tuesday night for their sixth win in seven games.
Jeurys Familia got Wilin Rosario to ground out with the bases loaded for his fifth save. Mets closer Jenrry Mejia gave up two hits and a walk and got only one out before manager Terry Collins brought on Josh Edgin. The left-hander struck out slugger Corey Dickerson.
The win came after the Mets learned captain David Wright would be shut down for the rest of the season because of inflammation in his left shoulder. The third baseman had an MRI on Tuesday and didn't play.
Juan Lagares had an RBI single to help the Mets move to five games of .500 (70-75). Curtis Granderson added an RBI double off Christian Bergman (2-3) one night after he hit a tying triple in the ninth inning of the series-opening win.
In his 20th career start, deGrom (8-6) didn't allow a baserunner after Nolan Arenado's one-out double in the fourth — retiring his final 14 batters. He struck out nine and walked none.
Over his last 10 starts, deGrom is 7-1 with a 1.60 ERA.
Matt den Dekker's double with one out in the fifth gave the Mets their first runner in scoring position against Bergman, and they came through. After deGrom grounded out, Lagares singled in the game's first run.
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Granderson drove in another two-out run with a double off Bergman in the sixth.
Bergman yielded six hits and two runs in six innings. He didn't walk a batter for his second consecutive start.
