NEW YORK — Matt Holliday’s mannerisms foretold the story of the Rockies’ woes tonight at rowdy Shea Stadium.
In the top of first inning, Holliday, the starting outfielder in Tuesday night’s All-Star Game, struck out, angrily ripped off his helmet and threw his bat to the ground.
In the bottom of the inning, Holliday didn’t even turn around to watch Carlos Beltran’s 415-foot, three-run homer sail over the left-field wall. Holliday didn’t have to; the crack of the bat told the story.
From that point on, the rout was on.
The streaking Mets, winners of nine straight, cruised to a 7-0 victory. The beat-up Rockies, meanwhile, have gone from Rocktober to rock bottom. Tonight, they were shut out for the second straight game.
Mets starter Mike Pelfrey was dominant. The right-hander, mixing in a 96 mph fastball with good breaking pitches, threw eight innings of six-hit ball, striking out five and walking none. The Mets improved to 8-1 in his last nine starts.
The Rockies have lost four straight, during which they scored a combined total of two runs on 15 hits. The Rockies nosedive into the all-star break having dropped five of six.
The defending National League champions are 18 games under .500 (39-57) and 8 1/2 games behind Arizona in the National League West.
Last season, the Rockies arrived at the break having won five of six to climb to .500 (44-44). They sat in fourth place in the NL West, 5 1/2 games out of first.
With the offense stuck in neutral, the Rockies desperately needed a good performance from Redman. Instead, the left-hander lasted just 3 1/3 innings, surrendering five runs on eight hits. It was his second shortest outing of the season.
Ryan Speier came into to put out the fire in the fourth, but got burned in the fifth by a two-run homer by Carlos Delgado, his 17th homer of the season.
Patrick Saunders: 303-954-1428 or psaunders@denverpost.com
