DENVER (Interstat) — Freddy Peralta pitched five scoreless innings and Marcus Semien drove in two runs with a home run and four hits Wednesday night as the New York Mets defeated the Colorado Rockies 10-5 at Coors Field.

Peralta, who entered the game with a 1-3 record and 3.38 ERA, allowed four hits and struck out one in his outing. He did not walk a batter and lowered his ERA to 2.77. The right-hander had lost each of his last two starts, including a 5-4 defeat against Washington on April 30 and a 4-3 loss to Colorado on April 24. On Wednesday, he retired the side in order in the first, worked around a single and a walk in the second, stranded a runner in the third and escaped a two-on, one-out jam in the fourth by inducing a forceout and a lineout.

The Mets improved to 14-22 with the victory. The Rockies fell to 14-23. The attendance was 11,155 with a time of game of 3 hours, 3 minutes.

New York jumped ahead in the first inning when Juan Soto led off the game with a home run to left-center field off Colorado starter Michael Lorenzen. It was Soto’s fourth homer of the season. After Bo Bichette grounded out, MJ Melendez tripled to right field, but Mark Vientos struck out and Brett Baty grounded out to end the inning.

The Mets extended the lead in the fourth. Baty led off with a walk, and Semien doubled to right field putting runners at second and third. Carson Benge singled to right, scoring Baty and Semien. Francisco Alvarez singled to center, moving Benge to third. Luis Torrens grounded out to second, scoring Benge. The inning ended when Soto grounded into a double play.

New York broke the game open in the sixth. Semien singled, and Benge doubled to center putting runners at second and third. Alvarez singled to left, scoring Semien. Torrens was hit by a pitch loading the bases. Soto hit a sacrifice fly to right, scoring Benge. Bichette singled to center, scoring Alvarez and moving Torrens to third. Tyrone Taylor then grounded into a forceout with shortstop Ezequiel Tovar throwing to second, but Torrens scored on a throwing error by second baseman Edouard Julien. The Mets led 8-0.

Colorado answered in the bottom of the sixth. TJ Rumfield led off with a home run to right, his fifth of the season. Tyler Freeman doubled to left, and Troy Johnston doubled to right scoring Freeman. After Kyle Karros popped out and Tovar flied out, Jake McCarthy hit a two-run homer to right-center field, scoring Johnston. Edouard Julien singled, but Mickey Moniak struck out to end the inning. The Rockies cut the deficit to 8-4.

The Mets added two insurance runs in the ninth. With one out, Baty singled to right, and Semien hit a two-run home run to left field, his second homer of the season. The Mets led 10-4.

Colorado scored one in the bottom of the ninth against Devin Williams, who earned his fifth save of the season. Moniak singled, Hunter Goodman singled, and Rumfield loaded the bases with a single. Freeman was hit by a pitch, forcing in Moniak. Jordan Beck struck out, and Karros struck out to end the game.

Lorenzen took the loss, allowing eight runs on 11 hits in five-plus innings. He struck out one and walked three. His record fell to 2-4.

Semien went 4 for 5 with a double, a home run and two RBIs. Benge had two hits and two RBIs. Alvarez had two hits and an RBI. Soto had one hit and two RBIs. For the Rockies, Rumfield had three hits including a home run and an RBI. McCarthy homered and drove in two. Johnston had two hits and an RBI.

New York’s bullpen threw four scoreless innings after Peralta departed. Brooks Raley pitched 1 1/3 innings, striking out two and allowing no hits. Luke Weaver pitched a scoreless eighth, striking out two and allowing one hit. Williams pitched two-thirds of an inning, striking out two and allowing one unearned run on three hits.

The most pivotal stretch of the game came in the sixth inning when the Mets erupted for four runs to take an 8-0 lead, only to see the Rockies counter with four of their own in the bottom half. The Mets’ ability to answer with two more runs in the ninth proved decisive, and the bullpen held the Rockies scoreless in the seventh and eighth.

The two teams split the first two games of the series. The Mets won 4-2 on Monday, and Tuesday’s game was postponed. The series finale is scheduled for Thursday afternoon.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Colorado 4, New York 3. Interstat’s ELO system had given the Mets a 62.80 percent probability to win. The Mets were installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus 1.5. The total score of 15 went under the over/under line of 9.5.