May 6, 2026; Denver, Colorado, USA; New York Mets second baseman Marcus Semien (10) scores a run in the ninth inning against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field. Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images
In just one night, Marcus Semien had 15% of his entire season’s hit total to suggest that he is finally breaking out of a nightmarish start at the plate.
The veteran second baseman had the best offensive game of his young Mets career in Wednesday night’s 10-5 victory over the Colorado Rockies, procuring the team’s first four-hit game of the season with a home run and a double. The 35-year-old, acquired from the Texas Rangers over the winter in the Brandon Nimmo trade, had just 26 hits in his first 35 games of the year with one round-tripper and six extra-base hits.
He was 2-for-his-last-15 to start New York’s road trip going into Wednesday night’s action.
“Just trying to stay locked in. Keep it simple, really,” Semien said. “If they throw the ball down the middle, keep it simple, and keep working on what I’m working on in the cage.”
The most promising development of Semien’s big night was the quality of his contact. This season, Semien is putting the ball in play with a career-worst 8.1% weak contact rate, but he started the night with a 96.6 mph single to left in the second inning. In the fourth, he lined a double to right to help set up a three-run inning, two of which came on a Carson Benge single just one batter later.
In the sixth, he went to right field again with a 100.9 mph single to lead off a four-run inning, then put the exclamation point on his big night with a 395-foot blast over the left field fence that left his bat at 100.8 mph.
“He was aggressive early in the zone, he was short to the ball, he was able to use the whole field,” manager Carlos Mendoza said. “He drove the ball, especially that homer to the pull side in that last at-bat, that’s a really good sign. I’ve seen this guy play for a long time, and when he’s going well, he’s doing that. He’s an aggressive hitter, he’s going to attack pitches, and it was good to see him have those results.”
In just one night, Semien was able to raise his batting average more than 20 points from .208 to .231, while his OPS surged more than 70 points from .531 to .602.
“It’s been a tough stretch for him,” Mendoza said. “But that guy is as consistent as anyone in there. He works extremely hard, and I’m glad that he finally got a really good game for us.”
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