DENVER (AP) — Carson Benge homered leading off the sixth inning for New York’s first hit against Tomoyuki Sugano, and the Mets beat the skidding Colorado Rockies 4-2 on Monday in a game moved up three hours to avoid potential wet weather.
Mark Vientos added a two-run single for the Mets, who are 3-1 on a nine-game trip after losing 17 of 20 overall. Benge also saved a run with a diving catch in center field.
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New York Mets relief pitcher David Peterson works against the Colorado Rockies in the fourth inning of a baseball game Monday, May 4, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Colorado Rockies manager Warren Schaeffer, left, takes the ball from starting pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano (110 who is pulled from the mound after getting New York Mets' Bo Bichette to ground out in the sixth inning of a baseball game Monday, May 4, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
From left to right, New York Mets left fielder Juan Soto, center fielder Carson Benge and right fielder Tyrone Taylor celebrate after their team defeated the Colorado Rockies in a baseball game Monday, May 4, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
New York Mets' Mark Vientos follows the flight of his single to drive in two runs off Colorado Rockies relief pitcher Jaden Hill in the sixth inning of a baseball game Monday, May 4, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
New York Mets' Carson Benge gestures to the bullpen as he circles the bases after hitting a solo home run off Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano in the sixth inning of a baseball game Monday, May 4, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Colorado has dropped five straight, and six of seven since allowing only four runs in a three-game sweep of the Mets at Citi Field from April 24-26.
New York got four hits in a four-run sixth after Sugano (3-2) was untouchable through five innings. He threw just 48 pitches and had faced the minimum entering the sixth before things unraveled for him.
Benge homered to right-center and Francisco Alvarez and Luis Torrens followed with consecutive doubles to make it 2-0. Sugano walked Juan Soto and was removed following Bo Bichette’s groundout that put runners on second and third.
Vientos drove in two more with a two-out single off Jaden Hill. Vientos hit a pair of two-run homers Sunday in a 5-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels.
Denver native David Peterson (1-4), the third New York pitcher, went four innings for the win. He gave up two runs and three hits with six strikeouts and no walks.
Craig Kimbrel worked a scoreless eighth and Devin Williams pitched a perfect ninth for his fourth save.
Mickey Moniak had two hits for Colorado to extend his hitting streak to 17 games.
The Rockies scored twice in the seventh on an RBI triple by Jordan Beck and a run-scoring single by Kyle Karros. They threatened again in the eighth after Moniak's one-out triple, but he was stranded.
The decision to move up the game three hours was made Sunday, with snow, rain and cold temperatures forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday.
Mets RHP Freddy Peralta (1-3, 3.52 ERA) and Rockies RHP Michael Lorenzen (2-3, 6.09) are slated to start Tuesday night.
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New York Mets relief pitcher David Peterson works against the Colorado Rockies in the fourth inning of a baseball game Monday, May 4, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Colorado Rockies manager Warren Schaeffer, left, takes the ball from starting pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano (110 who is pulled from the mound after getting New York Mets' Bo Bichette to ground out in the sixth inning of a baseball game Monday, May 4, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
From left to right, New York Mets left fielder Juan Soto, center fielder Carson Benge and right fielder Tyrone Taylor celebrate after their team defeated the Colorado Rockies in a baseball game Monday, May 4, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
New York Mets' Mark Vientos follows the flight of his single to drive in two runs off Colorado Rockies relief pitcher Jaden Hill in the sixth inning of a baseball game Monday, May 4, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
New York Mets' Carson Benge gestures to the bullpen as he circles the bases after hitting a solo home run off Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano in the sixth inning of a baseball game Monday, May 4, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Hindu nationalist party has wrested control of the opposition stronghold of West Bengal in a key state election.
The Election Commission of India released partial results Monday showing the Bharatiya Janata Party won at least 124 seats in the 294-member West Bengal assembly and was leading in 83 others.
Modi’s party has never governed West Bengal and had tried for years to dislodge the All India Trinamool Congress government led by state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. She is one of Modi’s most prominent critics and has held power in the politically influential state since 2011.
Opposition parties have sharply criticized the polls in West Bengal after the Election Commission removed millions of voters from electoral rolls.
Governments were ousted in two other states and Modi's party retained power in another that held elections in April.
India has more than 1.4 billion people in 28 states and eight federal territories, and elections are staggered with several states and territories voting each year.
The outcome in West Bengal was expected to boost Modi’s standing and strengthen his position midway through his third term in office. The 2024 national election forced his ruling party to rely on regional allies to form a government. He is expected to run for a record fourth term in 2029.
Addressing supporters at BJP headquarters in New Delhi, Modi said the results pointed to the party’s widening appeal in a state where it had historically struggled.
“A new chapter has been added to Bengal’s destiny," Modi told a cheering crowd.
India’s opposition has struggled to mount a unified and sustained challenge to the BJP’s dominance nationwide.
Banerjee had emerged as one of Modi's most prominent national rivals, particularly after positioning herself as a key leader to unite regional parties against the BJP. Her defeat was likely to weaken her leverage within an opposition bloc already divided by regional power struggles.
In the southern state of Tamil Nadu, popular movie star Joseph Vijay, who launched the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam party only two years ago, ousted the ruling DMK party. Tamil Nadu, one of India’s most developed states, has a history of electing movie stars to the top office.
In Kerala, another southern state, the Indian National Congress-led opposition defeated the ruling communist government, ending leftist rule in one of its last remaining strongholds.
Modi’s party also returned to power in the northeastern state of Assam for a third consecutive term.
A supporter dismantles an election billboard bearing a portrait of Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee after the party failed to secure a majority in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, in Kolkata, India, Monday, May 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
Diplu Ranjan Sarmah, center, New Guwahati candidate of Bharatiya Janata Party shows victory sign after winning in recent held state election in Guwahati, India, Monday, May 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
Confetti is sprayed as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, center, waves to supporters upon his arrival at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters to celebrate victory in the recently held state assembly elections in New Delhi, India, Monday, May 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) supporters celebrate their party wining in the recently held state elections, in Chennai, southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Monday, May 4, 2026. (AP Photo)
A Trinamool Congress (TMC) supporter sits beside an election banner featuring Mamata Banerjee as early leads and results indicate the party is trailing in the recently held state election, in Kolkata, India, Monday, May 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Ananya Das)
Confetti is sprayed as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, center, waves to supporters upon his arrival at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters to celebrate victory in the recently held state assembly elections in New Delhi, India, Monday, May 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Bharatiya Janata Party workers shout slogans and celebrate the party's early results and lead in the recently held state election, in Guwahati, India, Monday, May 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
Bharatiya Janata Party members shout slogans and react to earlier results in a recently held state election, in Kolkata, India, Monday, May 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
Bharatiya Janata Party members shout slogans and react to earlier results in a recently held state election, in Kolkata, India, Monday, May 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
A worker of Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) party displays the photographs of party leader and actor-turned-politician, Vijay Chandrasekhar as he celebrates the early leads and results in the recently held state election, in Chennai, southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Monday, May 4, 2026. (AP Photo)
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) workers hold photographs of their leader, actor-turned-politician Vijay Chandrasekhar, as they celebrate early leads and results in the recently held state election, in Chennai, southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Monday, May 4, 2026. (AP Photo)
