Rockies-Mets Series Grades: Colorado starting to click on all cylinders

The Colorado Rockies toppled the New York Mets 3-1 in a four-game set, returning home after some brutal losses on the road. The offense stayed hot, putting up big totals in every game not pitched by a Cy Young frontrunner, and the pitching held up in one of their more complete sets of the season.

Here are our individual player grades for the series:

Nolan Arenado (A+): Earning our first A+ of the season, Arenado drove in nine runs on seven hits, including three home runs. He also walked once, scored five times, and displayed his usual amazing defense at third base.

Charlie Blackmon (B+): Blackmon had five hits and two walks (and was hit once) in 18 plate appearances, hitting a big home run and scoring five times.

Gerardo Parra (B+): He remains one of the hottest hitters for Colorado, providing four more base hits and driving in four more runs against the Mets. He is the only member of the offense other than Arenado hitting over .300 on the season.

Carlos Gonzalez (B): Quietly, Gonzalez had a nice series, throwing out four base hits and two walks in 15 plate appearances. He scored three times and drove in one on his seventh home run of the season.

DJ LeMahieu (B): He went 6-for-18 with a walk and a couple of runs scored, driving in one. He didn’t factor into the scoring much but kept the pressure on the Mets pitching all series.

Tom Murphy (C+): A couple of hits, a run scored, and an RBI in seven ABs and Murphy keeps on adding to the offense.

Chris Iannetta (C): With a pair of base hits and a walk in just nine plate appearances, Iannetta did his part to extend the Rockies lineup.

Trevor Story (C-): Three hits and two walks in 18 plate appearances isn’t exactly eye-popping but he scored and drove in a pair, also homering as a part of the first set of back-to-back-to-back home runs the Rockies have hit in eight years. He continues to shine on defense.

Kyle Freeland (B+): Freeland continues to be the most consistent and reliable pitcher for the Rockies, especially at home where he lowered his ERA below 3.00 with a six-inning, two-run performance.

German Marquez (B): Staked to a big early lead, Marquez pounded the strike zone and ended up surrendering four runs on six hits but worked six innings and even managed to collect a pair of hits, driving in a run and scoring once in what turned out to be a two-run win.

Tyler Anderson (B-): It was a tough night to be matched up with Jacob Degrom. Anderson threw a decent 5.1 innings, giving up three runs on seven hits in a “losing” effort.

Chad Bettis (D): It wasn’t an outing to remember for Bettis who gave up eight runs on nine hits over 4.2 IP. He also walked five batters.