Luis Severino allowed five runs in five innings and the Mets' offense looked flat in their 6-3 loss to the Rockies on Tuesday night in Colorado.

The Mets (59-54) are now 2-3 halfway through their 10-game road trip.

Here are the takeaways...

-Severino was making his Coors Field debut Tuesday and it did not go as planned for the veteran right-hander.

He would keep the lowly Rockies down through the first three innings albeit with some shoddy defense sprinkled in -- more on that later -- but he was able to get out of trouble and go into the fourth inning with a lead.

However, he'd allow three hits, two of the extra-base variety, and the three-run inning was punctuated by a 372-foot Jake Cave home run to left field. In case you were wondering, it would have been out in 26 parks including Citi Field.

After a short rain delay (around nine minutes long) where the tarp was not deployed, Severino would allow a run in the fifth and his night was over.

Severino pitched five innings (89 pitches/65 strikes) allowing five runs (four earned) on eight hits and one HBP. His velocity was the highest it was all season, which is an encouraging sign after his last start.

-The Mets' defense cost their team some runs early in this one. One defensive miscue occurred in the second. With a man on first, Kris Bryant hit a single into the gap but Harrison Bader overthrew Francisco Lindor and Severino wasn't backing up, allowing the ball to head toward the Mets dugout. Mark Vientos rushed to catch up with the ball, but he bobbled it and it slipped into the dugout through a hole in the netting. That allowed Brendan Rodgers to score from third and Bryant to go to third after he went to second on the overthrow. An error was charged to Bader and Vientos on the play. One batter later, Michael Toglia hit a shot to Jose Iglesias who picked it on the short hop and gunned Bryant down at home plate to preserve the 2-1 lead.

Poor defense resulted in the Rockies' second run, too. In the fourth, Elias Diaz hit a double with two outs and Rodgers on first, Tyrone Taylor played the ball well in right field but bobbled the exchange, which cost them any chance at getting Rodgers at home.

-Despite the defense and Severino's rough outing, the Mets offense had chances to tie or take the lead against the Rockies. The team finished 2-for-7 with RISP and left six men on base. The biggest chances were in the sixth with runners on the corners and one out, and manager Carlos Mendoza called Jesse Winker off the bench but the lefty grounded into an inning-ending double play.

In the seventh, J.D. Martinez grounded out with two outs and men on second and third.

-Bader did come through with runners in scoring position when he hit a two-run single in the second with two outs. He finished 1-for-3.

-Pete Alonso was moved back to the cleanup spot after Monday's game in the No. 5 hole. He finished 1-for-3 with a walk and two strikeouts. Lindor struggled mightily, going 1-for-5 with three strikeouts. Iglesias (2-for-4) and Brandon Nimmo (2-for-4, RBI) were the only Mets with more than one hit.

-One bright spot for the Mets on Tuesday was recently acquired reliever Huascar Brazoban. After allowing the winning runs in Saturday's loss against the Angels, he pitched two perfect innings in this one.

Alex Young was one out away from pitching a scoreless eighth but Diaz hit a two-out single to put the Rockies up 6-3.

Game MVP: Jake Cave

The Rockies had plenty of traffic on Tuesday with nine hits, but it was Cave's two-run shot that gave Colorado the lead for good and was a Coors Field special.

Here are the takeaways...

Game MVP: Jake Cave

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