Semien and Soto homer, leading the surging Mets 10-5 over the Rockies

DENVER (AP) — Juan Soto led off with a home run, Marcus Semien homered and finished with four hits, and the surging New York Mets beat the Colorado Rockies 10-5 on Wednesday night after the start time was pushed back six hours due to a snowstorm.

Carson Benge continued his hot stretch with two hits for New York. He is 4 of 9 with a home run and four RBIs in his last three games.

The Mets are 4-1 to start their nine-game road trip after losing 17 of 20.

TJ Rumfield and Jake McCarthy homered for Colorado, and Mickey Moniak extended his hitting streak to 18 games with a single in the ninth inning. The Rockies have lost six straight and seven of their last eight following a three-game sweep of the Mets at Citi Field from April 24-26.

A storm that dropped 5.8 inches of snow in Denver postponed Tuesday’s game to Thursday and pushed Wednesday’s start to 7:20 p.m. local time. It was 41 degrees at first pitch and fell to the mid-30s in the ninth.

Soto homered on Michael Lorenzen's third pitch of the night and the Mets added three more in the fourth. They chased Lorenzen (2-4) in a four-run sixth.

The Rockies managed just four singles in five innings against Freddy Peralta (2-3) but jumped on Tobias Myers in the sixth.

Rumfield led off with a homer, Tyler Freeman and Troy Johnston doubled and McCarthy hit a two-run blast to make it 8-4.

Semien hit a two-run homer in the ninth. The Rockies loaded the bases in the bottom of the inning, getting a run when Sean Manaea hit Freeman, but Devin Williams got the final two outs for his fifth save.

Mets RHP Christian Scott (0-0. 4.26 ERA) will go against Rockies LHP Jose Quintana (1-2, 4.07) in the series finale on Thursday.

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Fans use a blanket to keep warm as temperatures drop to near freezing as the Colorado Rockies host the New York Mets in the second inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, May 6, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Michael Lorenzen works against the New York Mets in the first inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, May 6, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

New York Mets starting pitcher Freddy Peralta works against the Colorado Rockies in the first inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, May 6, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

New York Mets' Juan Soto gestures as he crosses home plate after hitting a solo home run off Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Michael Lorenzen in the first inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, May 6, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

New York Mets' Carson Benge follows the flight of his single to drive in two runs off Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Michael Lorenzen in the fourth inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, May 6, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — An South Korean appeals court has reduced the prison sentence of a former prime minister convicted of rebellion for his role in then President Yoon Suk Yeol’s ill-fated imposition of martial law in December 2024.

Ex-Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, a Yoon appointee, was sentenced to 23 years by a Seoul court in January. Yoon was sentenced to life in prison for rebellion the next month.

On Thursday, the Seoul High Court upheld most of Han’s convictions, but reduced his sentence to 15 years.

It upheld charges including that Han tried to create the appearance of legitimacy for Yoon’s illegal decree by getting it endorsed at a Cabinet meeting and discussing plans to cut off of water and electricity to critical media agencies. The court also affirmed convictions for falsifying the martial law proclamation, for destroying it and for lying under oath.

The Seoul High Court said that Han’s “criminal liabilities are very grave” because he “abandoned his immense responsibilities” as the No.2 official in the Yoon administration and participated in the rebellion.

Park SungBae, a lawyer who specializes in criminal law, said that both the district and appeals courts viewed Han’s charges as very grave. Park said that the Seoul High Court still likely determined that a 15-year term is appropriate for Han, given rulings on others involved in Yoon’s martial law such as his Interior Minister Lee Sang-min who got seven years in prison.

The special prosecutor requested a 15-year sentence for Han during his trial at the Seoul Central District Court. Park said that the 23 years the court handed down was higher than expected but still within the normal range for Han's crimes.

Han and the prosecutor have seven days to appeal Thursday’s ruling to the Supreme Court, the country’s top court.

Han, 76, is a career bureaucrat who served as prime minister twice during his 40 years of public service, first under liberal President Roh Moo-hyun from 2007 to 2008 and later under the conservative Yoon. Han was one of three people who served as caretaker leaders after Yoon was suspended from office over his martial law gambit.

Yoon was eventually impeached by lawmakers before the Constitutional Court permanently removed him from office in April last year. His liberal rival Lee Jae Myung succeeded him after winning a snap election.

FILE - Former South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, center, arrives at the Seoul Central District Court for his first sentencing trial in the insurrection case, in Seoul, South Korea, Jan. 21, 2026. (Chung Sung-Jun/Pool Photo via AP, File)