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WHAT IT MEANS: The Mets were swept in a snow-shortened series at Colorado with an 11-3 loss Thursday afternoon.

The first-pitch temperature officially was 28 degrees -- matching the lowest recorded in the 20-year history of baseball in Denver.

The Mets (7-7) fell to .500.

After dropping two of three in Philadelphia, then winning both games in an abbreviated series at Minnesota, the Mets lost three straight against the Rockies to complete the three-city trip.

The Mets have now lost a franchise-record seven straight games to Colorado.

Wednesday's postponed game will be made up June 27 at 6:10 p.m. ET at Coors Field.

POISON PEN: Colorado posted six runs in the seventh -- all with two outs -- against Josh Edgin, Scott Atchison and Jeurys Familia to turn a 3-2 score into a rout.

The big blows came on a two-run single by Wilin Rosario and a two-run double by Todd Helton, both against Atchison. Two runs were charged to Edgin. Three runs were charged to Atchison. One was charged to Familia, who was making his first appearance since returning from Triple-A Las Vegas.

Jeremy Hefner -- working in relief in preparation for Saturday’s start, since he had not pitched since April 10 -- surrendered solo homers to Dexter Fowler and Troy Tulowitzki in the eighth.

In the three-game series, Mets relievers allowed 18 runs (16 earned) and 22 hits in 11 innings.

ALMOST FAMOUS: David Wright twice drove in Daniel Murphy, the second instance in the sixth to even the score at 2.

Tulowitzki answered a half-inning later, though. Tulo’s RBI single in the bottom of the sixth scored Carlos Gonzalez, who had doubled and advanced to third base on an error by left fielder Jordany Valdespin.

Gonzalez went 8-for-13 with four extra-base hits in the series.

Wright went 2-for-3 with a walk and two RBIs on Thursday. He is now hitting .392 with 38 RBIs in 32 career games at Coors Field.

Trailing 3-2, the Mets got a one-out double from Marlon Byrd in the seventh against Jon Garland, but stranded Byrd in scoring position when Mike Baxter and Ruben Tejada grounded out.

L: Jonathon Niese suffered his first 2013 loss. He allowed three runs on nine hits and one walk while striking out three in a 96-pitch effort spanning six innings. Niese (2-1) surrendered a fourth-inning solo homer to Josh Rutledge.

WHAT’S NEXT: Matt Harvey and Stephen Strasburg face off Friday night at Citi Field as the Mets open a nine-game homestand. The Washington Nationals, Los Angeles Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies visit Queens.

DENVER -- The first-pitch temperature forecast is 30 degrees (with a windchill of 20 degrees), but it's relatively sunny at Coors Field and snow removal is well under way. Lucas Duda, two days after being removed with a stiff back, is out of the lineup. Marlon Byrd gets his first center-field start as a Met.

Mets
Jordany Valdespin, lf
Daniel Murphy, 2b
David Wright, 3b
Ike Davis, 1b
John Buck, c
Marlon Byrd, cf
Mike Baxter, rf
Ruben Tejada, ss
Jonathon Niese, lhp

Rockies
Eric Young, rf
Dexter Fowler, cf
Carlos Gonzalez, lf
Troy Tulowitzki, ss
Wilin Rosario, c
Todd Helton, 1b
Josh Rutledge, 2b
Chris Nelson, 3b
Jon Garland, rhp

Michael Cuddyer (hamstring) was scratched from the Rockies' original lineup.

DENVER -- The Mets have been snowed out at Coors Field on Wednesday night.

This marks the third time in four days a Mets game has been postponed because of wintry weather.

The teams will play their regularly scheduled game on Thursday at 3:10 p.m. ET. The Mets then will return to Denver later in the season to make up Wednesday's postponement. The date has not yet been determined.

The snow-out pushes tonight's scheduled starter Jeremy Hefner to Saturday in place of Aaron Laffey. So the upcoming rotation is:

Thursday: Jonathon Niese vs. Jon Garland

Friday: Matt Harvey vs. Stephen Strasburg

Saturday: Hefner vs. Gio Gonzalez

Sunday: Dillon Gee vs. Jordan Zimmermann

The Mets originally had pulled Laffey from Tuesday's Game 2 in order to have him ready for Saturday against the Nats. In retrospect that was not necessary. In fact, because Monday is an off-day, the Mets will not need a fifth starter until April 27 against the Philadelphia Phillies. By then, it is conceivable Shaun Marcum will be ready to rejoin the Mets and Laffey will not be needed for a start.

"It's been odd," Terry Collins said about the three postponements in four days. "This is a game of consistency. This is a game of repetition. And when you lose those reps, you can change the outcome a lot and how things go. John Buck, here he is red hot. And now, all of a sudden, we get rained out one game and snowed out of another. And now he's not going to catch a doubleheader. It disrupts their patterns that they get used to. This has been a tough trip for us. It really has been. Guys are tired of sitting at the hotel."

As for not playing a doubleheader Thursday in Colorado, which was decided by the Rockies, Collins said: "It helps us. It's not going to help us a lot, but it helps us to leave after the [single] game and get back to New York. You know, we are going into a series this weekend where you're playing your own division, the Nationals. We won't have to get back at 5 a.m."

DENVER

FIRST PITCH: Ruben Tejada’s throwing error in the eighth led to two unearned runs that tied the score and the Rockies overcame a six-run deficit to eventually beat the Mets 9-8 in 10 innings in the nightcap of Tuesday’s doubleheader.

The Mets were swept in the twin bill, which was delayed for 122 minutes at the start because eight inches of snow needed to be removed from Coors Field. Even Rockies owner Dick Monfort grabbed a shovel, aware the club did not have enough manpower to remove the snow without enlisting office workers.

"I know our guys were freezing at the end of the game,” Terry Collins said late Tuesday, after the sweep. “Freezing. But they had to play. And they did the best they could. We lost two games. We had a chance to win the second game. It would have been a little easier to take. But I'm not going to use weather as an excuse. They did a great job getting the field ready. We're going to leave here hopefully with all four games played. We've just got to regroup and hopefully play better tomorrow."

The Mets and Rockies will try to play Game 3 of the series at 8:40 p.m. ET today, but the forecast may make that a struggle.

One to three inches is predicted during the daytime for Denver, with a nighttime low of 21 degrees and a 70 percent chance of more snowfall in the evening.

Weather-permitting, Jeremy Hefner (0-2, 6.00 ERA) opposes right-hander Jon Garland (1-0, 3.75) tonight.

Wednesday’s news reports:

• The once-sure-handed Tejada now has six errors in 13 games this season. He said the cold weather is not a valid excuse.

• Lucas Duda’s back tightened and he was pulled from Tuesday’s nightcap in the fifth inning. Duda minimized the issue and vowed to be back in the lineup today. Read more in the Post, Star-Ledger and MLB.com.

• Dillon Gee’s short outing in Game 1 contributed to an 8-4 loss. The rotation trio of Gee, Hefner and Aaron Laffey clearly is a concern.

• Laffey, who allowed two runs in four innings in Game 2, will be back on short rest Saturday to face the Washington Nationals, Collins said. Laffey is expected to oppose Gio Gonzalez.

The marquee matchup remains Matt Harvey facing Stephen Strasburg on Friday night. Gee and Jordan Zimmermann line up for Sunday’s series finale at Citi Field.

• Read recaps of the doubleheader sweep in the Post, Daily News, Newsday, Denver Post and Record.

• Columnist Ken Davidoff in the Post suggests the Mets will have a compelling second half no matter how they are performing. Davidoff cites curiosity about Collins’ job status in the final year of a contract, looming promotions of Zack Wheeler and Travis d’Arnaud, the numbers Harvey will put up over his first full major league season and the Mets’ shopping for an outfielder (whether or not they’re in contention) as must-see topics.

• Travis Lawley’s grand slam paced St. Lucie to a 13-3 win against Charlotte. Read the full minor league recap here.

• Read more on the snow-removal efforts in the Times, Denver Post, Journal, Star-Ledger, Daily News and Record.

• Mike Piazza has started practicing for a cameo in the Miami City Ballet. Read more in the Star-Ledger.

• SNY’s Kevin Burkhardt handles play-by-play for Saturday’s Mets-Nats game televised by Fox.

• From the bloggers … Faith and Fear in Flushing takes comfort in a sweet story regarding a longtime Mets fan and his incandescent encounter with the late Danny Frisella.

BIRTHDAYS: Catcher Gary Bennett, who was acquired for Todd Pratt and traded a month later for player-to-be-named Ender Chavez in 2001, turns 41.

TWEET OF THE DAY:

“@adamrubinespn: Random note: Jon Bon Jovi and the Mets are staying in the same hotel in Denver.” I wanna be there!

— Florio (@Florio0o) April 17, 2013

YOU’RE UP: How excited are you about Friday’s projected Matt Harvey-Stephen Strasburg matchup?

WHAT IT MEANS: Ruben Tejada committed a costly throwing error that allowed the Rockies to overcome a six-run deficit.

Colorado completed a 9-8 win in the 10th as Jordan Pacheco delivered a two-out walk-off RBI single against Greg Burke to complete the doubleheader sweep. David Wright had been charged with an error to allow the winning run to reach third base. The official scorer later reversed the decision and awarded a hit on the tough play to Wright's left.

Bobby Parnell, bidding for a four-out save, had inherited runners on the corners with two outs in the eighth and the Mets’ clinging to a two-run lead.

After allowing Carlos Gonzalez to steal second without paying much attention -- which placed the tying run in scoring position -- Parnell coaxed Michael Cuddyer into a seeming inning-ending groundout to shortstop.

Instead, Tejada fired the ball into the Rockies’ dugout for his sixth error of April. Two runs scored on the misfire and the Rockies tied the score at 8.

Tejada had 12 errors all of last season.

He had a chance at redemption in the top of the ninth, batting with runners on the corners and two out in the ninth. But Tejada flied out to center against left-hander Rex Brothers.

PAIN IN THE BACK: Lucas Duda left the game in the fifth inning with lower-back tightness.

LAFFEY MATTER: The Mets had bashed Rockies starter Jeff Francis for eight runs (seven earned) in 4 1/3 innings.

Meanwhile, Aaron Laffey was pulled after four innings and 77 pitches, seemingly to set him up to return on short rest Saturday against the Washington Nationals.

Assuming that was the motivation, the projected matchups for the weekend series at Citi Field -- barring snow interruptions the next two days in Denver -- would be:

Friday: Matt Harvey vs. Stephen Strasburg

Saturday: Laffey vs. Gio Gonzalez

Sunday: Dillon Gee vs. Jordan Zimmermann

Collin McHugh tossed 102 pitches for Triple-A Las Vegas on Tuesday night (allowing one unearned run), indicating he is not a candidate to start Saturday.

Laffey was charged with two earned runs on four hits and three walks while striking out three in four innings.

UGLY FIFTH: After Laffey departed, Josh Edgin entered with an 8-2 lead and struggled in the fifth, loading the bases and then forcing in a run with a walk. LaTroy Hawkins then allowed all three inherited runners to score as Colorado pulled within 8-6 with a four-run frame.

DEEP THOUGHTS: The Mets’ homer streak to open the season ended at 12 consecutive games after they failed to go deep in the nightcap. It marked the longest streak to open a season since Tampa Bay also went deep in 12 straight to open 2007.

ATCHA BOY: After loading the bases in the seventh inning, Scott Atchison bailed himself out by striking out pinch-hitter Troy Tulowitzki to preserve an 8-6 lead.

WHAT’S NEXT: Heavy snow overnight. The prediction is for four to eight inches of snow by Wednesday’s scheduled game.

Snow already had started falling by the end of Tuesday’s nightcap.

Weather-permitting, Jeremy Hefner (0-2, 6.00 ERA) opposes Jon Garland (1-0, 3.75) in Game 3 of the four-game series, at 8:40 p.m. ET Wednesday.

DENVER -- Here is the lineup for the nightcap of Tuesday's doubleheader.

Mets
Collin Cowgill, cf
Daniel Murphy, 2b
David Wright, 3b
Marlon Byrd, rf
Lucas Duda, lf
Justin Turner, 1b
Ruben Tejada, ss
Anthony Recker, c
Aaron Laffey, lhp

Rockies
Eric Young, cf
Josh Rutledge, 2b
Carlos Gonzalez, lf
Michael Cuddyer, rf
Jordan Pacheco, 1b
Chris Nelson, 3b
Yorvit Torrealba, c
Reid Brignac, ss
Jeff Francis, lhp

WHAT IT MEANS: After winter-related postponements in two different cities, the Mets resumed play and were cooled off by the Colorado Rockies.

David Wright homered twice, but Dillon Gee struggled and the Mets lost to the Rockies, 8-4, in Game 1 of a doubleheader Tuesday at Coors Field.

WRIGHT STUFF: Wright produced the 19^th two-homer game of his career.

He opened the scoring with a two-run shot in the first inning, then produced a solo shot in the fifth that gave the Mets a 4-2 lead. Both homers came against Rockies starter Juan Nicasio.

Only Darryl Strawberry (22) has more multi-homer games as a Met.

Wright is now batting .398 (45-for-113) with 10 homers and 36 RBIs in 30 career games at Coors Field.

The Mets have now homered in 12 straight games, matching the longest streak in the majors to open a season since Tampa Bay in 2007.

OH GEEZ: Gee’s woes continued. He walked Michael Cuddyer with the bases loaded in the fifth to force in a run, then surrendered a two-run single to Todd Helton that gave Colorado a 5-4 lead.

Gee earlier had surrendered a solo homer to Carlos Gonzalez.

Gee was charged with five earned runs on seven hits and two walks in 4 2/3 innings. He also had a wild pitch and plunked Troy Tulowitzki in the left elbow with a pitch.

Gee had lasted only three innings and surrendered seven runs at Philly last Tuesday. He is now 0-3 with an 8.36 ERA.

SNOW WORRIES: Game 1 started at 5:12 p.m. ET, which was 122 minutes after scheduled.

The reason: eight inches of snow fell overnight at Coors Field, and the staff struggled to remove the accumulation.

Rockies owner Dick Monfort -- who joined in with a shovel -- said the large snowfall caught the organization off-guard and they nearly did not have enough staff on hand to remove the snow.

Office workers, some wearing suits, volunteered to shovel during the nearly seven-hour snow removal process. Otherwise, Monfort said, the Rockies did not have enough personnel on hand for even a delayed start.

The Rockies borrowed some shovels from the Denver Broncos.

It was 39 degrees at the first pitch.

“As you can tell now, had we not had 100 or 150 people out there, we would have never got it off,” Monfort said. “… I know this: I talked to ‘Razz’ (head groundskeeper Mark Razum) right when I got here and he said, ‘I don’t know how we’re going to get this done.’”

WHAT’S NEXT: After a quick turnaround, Aaron Laffey gets the start in the doubleheader nightcap. He faces fellow left-hander Jeff Francis at 8:40 p.m. ET.

DENVER -- Here is the lineup for the afternoon game Tuesday against the Colorado Rockies at frigid Coors Field. All the players will wear uniform No. 42 to recognize Jackie Robinson. Terry Collins stuck with his planned Monday lineup.

Mets
Jordany Valdespin, rf
Daniel Murphy, 2b
David Wright, 3b
Ike Davis, 1b
John Buck, c
Lucas Duda, lf
Kirk Nieuwenhuis, cf
Ruben Tejada, ss
Dillon Gee, rhp

Rockies
Eric Young, cf
Jonathan Herrera, 2b
Carlos Gonzalez, lf
Troy Tulowitzki, ss
Michael Cuddyer, rf
Todd Helton, 1b
Wilin Rosario, c
Chris Nelson, 3b
Juan Nicasio, rhp

DENVER

FIRST PITCH: Let’s Play Two! Or not, and go to the Bon Jovi concert instead tonight in Denver.

Snow forced the postponement of Monday’s Mets-Colorado Rockies series opener, although Matt Harvey and fellow pitchers tried to keep their arms in shape with some outdoor work at Coors Field.

The teams will attempt a split doubleheader today, although the forecast is not much better.

Dillon Gee opposes right-hander Juan Nicasio in the 3:10 p.m. ET opener. Terry Collins said he was undecided about whom he will start in the 8:40 p.m. ET nightcap, although Jeremy Hefner seemed a more likely option than Aaron Laffey to face left-hander Jeff Francis.

Collins does not intend to mess with Harvey’s schedule, meaning he remains lined up to face Stephen Strasburg and the Washington Nationals on Friday at Citi Field.

The Mets and Rockies will all wear No. 42 jerseys for the afternoon game today to honor Jackie Robinson. In the nightcap, the teams will wear throwback 1993 jerseys to commemorate Colorado’s first major league game.

Tuesday’s news reports:

• Harvey, who tamed the Philadelphia Phillies, then took a no-hit bid two outs into the seventh inning against the Minnesota Twins last week, earned NL Player of the Week honors.

• Collins got "yelled at five times a day" during spring training about the Mets' need to take more pitches, but Sandy Alderson's approach is now in full effect, writes Mike Puma in the Post. Writes Puma:

The Mets have seen an average of 156.91 pitches through 11 games this season, up from 145.82 last year, when hitting coach Dave Hudgens says players shunned the organizational philosophy of showing patience at the plate, particularly in the second half of the season. ... The team goal, according to [hitting coach Dave] Hudgens, is to see 150 pitches per game.

“The pitcher ultimately is the one that allows that to happen,” Hudgens said. “But if you see 150 pitches a game, there is a good chance you are going to win.”

• Frank Francisco (elbow) is due to begin a rehab assignment today with Class A St. Lucie. Shaun Marcum now is scheduled to throw three or four innings on a back field in Port St. Lucie, Fla.. on Thursday.

• A fire at Citi Field damaged administrative offices, the team said. Read more in the Daily News.

• Regarding the weather, Jared Diamond writes in the Journal:

Since Stats LLC started tracking weather in 1991, the coldest outdoor game-time temperature on record is 29 degrees -- a mark set on April 8, 1997 at Chicago's Wrigley Field and then again on April 7, 2007, at Kansas City's Kauffman Stadium. The coldest average temperature for a three- or four-game series is 33.8 degrees, coming in Pittsburgh from April 17-20, 1997. If the Mets wind up playing any night games this week, they could reach those marks.

Read more on the weather in the Star-Ledger, Times, Newsday, Daily News, Post, Record and MLB.com.

• Pitching prospect Luis Mateo, who was making a spot start for Double-A Binghamton, departed four pitches into the fourth inning with an elbow/forearm issue. He will get an MRI. Pedro Feliciano made his season debut with a scoreless inning for Class A St. Lucie. Brandon Nimmo homered and had five RBIs in Savannah’s 8-5 win at Greensboro. Read the full minor league recap here.

• Zack Wheeler, who had dealt with a blister issue in his first two starts, was pleased with Sunday’s outing with Triple-A Las Vegas. "Definitely better than the past two times," Wheeler told Adam Candee in Newsday. "I think my nail settled down a little bit, so that was good. Me and [pitching coach] Randy [St. Claire] have been working on a lot of stuff, keeping my front side in. I think I did a lot better job of that today. My breaking ball was a little bit sharper."

• Collin Cowgill is ice cold at the plate, writes Mike Kerwick in the Record.

• From the bloggers … Mets Police fears fans will like tonight's 1993 throwback jerseys. … The Eddie Kranepool Society writes that the encouraging start, and Wheeler looming, is raising fans’ expectations.

BIRTHDAYS: Reliever Ken Takahashi and second baseman Fernando Vina turn 44. … San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy, who appeared in 17 games for the Mets in 1982, is 58.

TWEET OF THE DAY:

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— Justin Turner (@redturn2) April 15, 2013

YOU’RE UP: What should the Mets do with Frank Francisco when he is ready to be activated from the disabled list?

DENVER -- The Mets and Colorado Rockies will honor Jackie Robinson by all wearing No. 42 for Tuesday's day game, which was the intention for Monday's snowed-out affair.

In the night game, the teams will wear replica 1993 uniforms, to commemorate the Rockies' debut in the majors 20 years ago.

The Mets will wear white home uniforms, while the Rockies will wear their '93 road colors.

Colorado played its first-ever game on April 5, 1993 against Jeff Torborg's Mets at Shea Stadium. Dwight Gooden tossed a four-hit shutout and Bobby Bonilla homered in the Mets' 3-0 win.

DENVER -- The Mets-Rockies game Monday night has been snowed out. The teams will attempt to make it up as part of a split doubleheader Tuesday, with start times at 3:10 and 8:40 p.m. ET.

Dillon Gee, who was scheduled to pitch Monday, will pitch the afternoon game Tuesday. The forecast is particularly bad, with more snow expected, for the night game. If the night game materializes, Terry Collins said he was undecided about whether to use Jeremy Hefner or Aaron Laffey -- although Hefner appears more likely.

Collins said he did not plan to disrupt the throwing schedule for Matt Harvey regardless of postponements in Denver. So Harvey continues to line up for Friday's game against the Washington Nationals, who are expected to start Stephen Strasburg in the series opener at Citi Field.

Tuesday's forecast is for a high of 44 and a low of 31, with rain changing to snow during the day.

Collins said he hopes the Mets can get three of four games in before the Mets leave Denver late Thursday.

The Mets had Sunday's game in Minnesota postponed because of wintry conditions. The last time the Mets had consecutive games postponed was Aug. 27-28, 2011, due to Hurricane Irene.

"It gets to be tough, because now your pitching is drastically affected, along with your pitching down the line here a little bit," Collins said. "It is what it is. Certainly I understand the thought process today and understood the thought process yesterday. But when you're scheduled to play in these seven days in the two towns we're in, you've got a chance to run into some bad weather this time of year. We have, and we'll just adjust.

"We've had every weather service that we could possibly get a hold of. We've had the local weather on today. We've had it on the computer. We just saw a weather report come back that this front that's going through today, the one coming in tomorrow night is worse than this one."

As for why there is a split doubleheader Tuesday to get two admissions rather than just playing straight through during daytime, Collins said that was the Rockies' call.

"This is the Rockies' stuff," he said. "That's all their decisions."

DENVER -- Here is the lineup as the Mets open a series against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field on Monday at 8:40 p.m. ET, weather permitting. All the players will wear uniform No. 42 to recognize Jackie Robinson.

Mets
Jordany Valdespin, rf
Daniel Murphy, 2b
David Wright, 3b
Ike Davis, 1b
John Buck, c
Lucas Duda, lf
Kirk Nieuwenhuis, cf
Ruben Tejada, ss
Dillon Gee, rhp

DENVER -- The Colorado Rockies have not called off tonight's game against the Mets, but there is serious snow falling at Coors Field and accumulation on the field, making a game doubtful.

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WHAT IT MEANS: Collin McHugh tossed seven scoreless innings in his major league debut, but Jordany Valdespin's subsequent misplay in center field proved costly as the Mets lost to Colorado, 1-0, Thursday afternoon.

The Rockies completed a four-game sweep at Citi Field for the second straight season and dropped the Mets 11 games under .500 for the first time since the 2009 season.

The Mets (57-68) tumbled into fourth place for the first time since June 6 -- a half-game behind Philadelphia, which plays tonight against Cincinnati. They are only a half-game ahead of NL East cellar-dweller Miami, which is idle today.

In a scoreless game in the eighth, Tyler Colvin sent a routine line drive to center field off Bobby Parnell. An inexperienced outfielder, Valdespin initially broke in on the ball, and it landed over his head, officially for a triple. Chris Nelson followed with an RBI single.

Valdespin was making his fifth career major league start in center field. He has appeared in 23 professional games at the position, all this year, between the majors and Triple-A Buffalo.

McHugh, an 18th-round pick in 2008 out of Berry College near Rome, Ga., limited the Rockies to two hits and a walk -- which was semi-intentional to Carlos Gonzalez -- while striking out nine in a 100-pitch effort.

McHugh surrendered a game-opening opposite-field double to Charlie Blackmon, but stranded him at third base by striking out Jordan Pacheco looking at a 91 mph fastball and Gonzalez swinging at a 92 mph fastball to end the top of the first.

The nine strikeouts were the second most in franchise history in a major league debut, trailing only Matt Harvey's 11 in Arizona on July 26.

McHugh became only the third pitcher in franchise history to toss seven-plus scoreless innings in his major league debut. The others: Dick Rusteck (nine scoreless vs. Cincinnati in 1966) and Masato Yoshii (seven scoreless vs. Pittsburgh in 1998).

BLANK SLATE: Tyler Chatwood, Brooklyn-native Adam Ottavino, Rex Brothers, Will Harris and Matt Belisle combined to blank the Mets. The Mets went 0-for-10 with runners in scoring position and left 12 on base.

WHAT'S NEXT: The lowly Astros visit Citi Field this weekend. Jon Niese (10-6, 3.82 ERA) opposes right-hander Jordan Lyles (2-10, 5.70) in Friday's series opener, on Merengue Night at Citi Field.