RA in eight career starts against the Red Sox. He did not get a decision April 29 in Boston when he allowed two runs and

NEW YORK -- For the past few days, the New York Mets have been one of the teams linked to Milwaukee Brewers catcher Jonathan Lucroy, who is considered the top player available before the Aug. 1 trade deadline. But its the Colorado Rockies who have looked like the more legitimate contender this weekend at Citi Field.The Rockies will look to complete a season sweep of the Mets on Sunday when the two teams square off at 1:10 p.m. ET. Colorado won the third game of the four-game series on Saturday when left-handed pitcher Jorge De La Rosa posted his 100th career victory by allowing two runs in six innings in a 7-2 rout.The Rockies (52-52), who are .500 this late in the season for the first time since 2010, have won five straight and nine of 10. They have the best record in baseball (14-6) since the All-Star break.Colorado, which has not reached the playoffs since 2009, is four games behind the Miami Marlins and St. Louis Cardinals in the race for the National Leagues second wild card.Were jelling as a team right now, said rookie Rockies outfielder David Dahl, whose two-run homer in the third inning on Saturday night gave Colorado the lead for good. Everyones playing really well. Just got to keep that attitude every single day, that we can go out and win.The Mets (53-50) need a reminder of that after losing four straight and five of six. The skid has dropped New York, the defending NL champion, 2 1/2 games behind the Miami Marlins and St. Louis Cardinals and 7 1/2 games behind the NL East-leading Washington Nationals.Right now, weve got to win the next three here, said Mets manager Terry Collins, referring to the final three games of a nine-game homestand. The next goal is to come out (Sunday) and play a good game. Weve still got to come here every day and grind it out.The Mets likely absorbed another loss late Saturday night when it was reported the Brewers and Cleveland Indians reached agreement on a trade that would send Lucroy to the Indians. who have the best record in the American League.Right-hander Noah Syndergaard will attempt to stop the skid for the Mets when he opposes Rockies right-hander Chad Bettis. Syndergaard is winless in his last three starts despite producing a 2.76 ERA during that span. He won his lone career start against the Rockies last Aug. 13 when he allowed three runs in seven innings in the Mets 12-3 victory.Bettis has won three straight decisions and has produced a quality start in four consecutive outings, a stretch in which hes 3-0 with a 2.77 ERA. He has a 7.71 ERA in two career appearances (one start) against the Mets.With a win, the Rockies will sweep the season series with the Mets for the first time in franchise history. 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In his last three starts he has a 2.82 ERA and 30 strikeouts over his last 22 1/3 innings.Price went into the All-Star break by pitching eight outstanding innings in a 4-0 win over Tampa Bay last Sunday.He recorded his league-leading seventh game with double-digit strikeouts and joined Pedro Martinez (Aug. 1999) and Rich Hill (Sept. 2015) as the only Boston pitchers to have three straight starts of allowing one walk and getting double-digit strikeouts.I was never discouraged, Price said. I never lost confidence in my abilities, and I know my coaching staff and my teammates didnt either.Price has 36 career games of double-digit strikeouts, but the only one against the Yankees came Aug. 5, 2014 with Detroit.It was one of the 33 times he has faced the Yankees. In those games, Price is 14-8 with a 4.34 ERA and has a 8-3 record with a 3.64 ERA in New York.Boston hasnt completed a three-game sweep of the Yankees in New York since June 7-9, 2011.The Red Sox also can get their first-three game sweep in New York in a series played after the All-Star break since Sept. 10-11, 1999, a weekend highlighted by Martinezs 17-strikeout game.The Red Sox ran their winninng streak to a season-high six straight games with Saturdays 5-2 victory.dddddddddddd. Eduardo Rodriguez pitched seven solid innings in his return from the minors and backup catcher Sandy Leon hit a three-run home run off CC Sabathia.Masahiro Tanaka will be pitching on six days rest for the Yankees and numbers indicate better performances with more days off. Tanaka is 5-0 with a 1.72 ERA in 10 starts with more than four days off and 1-2 with a 5.33 in his other eight.His last start before the All-Star break was in last Sundays 11-7 win at Cleveland when Tanaka allowed a season-high seven runs (three earned) and 10 hits over 4 2/3 innings in a no-decision.Tanaka is 4-2 with a 4.79 ERA in eight career starts against the Red Sox. He did not get a decision April 29 in Boston when he allowed two runs and six hits in 6 2/3 innings during a 4-2 loss.Sunday will be the first time Tanaka and Price have opposed each other and a loss for the Yankees will mark the first time since Aug. 30, 1995 when they were 56-59.Its definitely not what you want, New York manager Joe Girardi said. Its got to turn around tomorrow. This is probably as important (a) game that weve had in July in a long time tomorrow.Alex Rodriguez will likely be in the lineup Sunday, marking the first time in nearly three weeks he has started three straight games. He is 1-for-7 in the first two games and is batting .218.Rodriguez is 16-for-63 (.254) with two home runs and eight RBI against Price. He was 2-for-4 with a home run off Price on May 1 in Boston and landed on the disabled list May 7. ' ' '