DENVER (Interstat) — Jake McCarthy hit a grand slam in the eighth inning and drove in five runs to power the Colorado Rockies past the New York Mets 6-2 on Thursday afternoon at Coors Field. The game drew 13,378 fans and lasted 2 hours, 49 minutes.

The Mets took a 2-0 lead in the second inning on a sacrifice fly by Andy Ibáñez and an RBI single by Tyrone Taylor, who was thrown out at second trying to stretch the hit. Colorado answered in the fourth when Willi Castro singled home Tyler Freeman. McCarthy tied the game in the sixth with a double that scored TJ Rumfield.

In the eighth, McCarthy launched a grand slam to right field off Mets reliever Craig Kimbrel, scoring Brenton Doyle, Ezequiel Tovar and Castro. Kimbrel took the loss, dropping to 0-2. Antonio Senzatela earned the win with two scoreless innings of relief, improving to 2-0.

Colorado outhit New York 7-6. The Rockies improved to 15-23, while the Mets fell to 14-23.