New York @ Colorado preview

Last Meeting ( Apr 18, 2013 ) NY Mets 3, Colorado 11

More than two months after snow cancelled an encounter at Coors Field, the New York Mets and host Colorado Rockies will tangle Thursday in the makeup game. The clubs' originally scheduled contest April 17 fell amid a horrendous stretch of early-season weather in Denver. Although they lose a day off because of the makeup game, the Rockies must be happy to return home after completing a 2-7 road trip with a loss at Boston on Wednesday.

The Mets are 6-4 on an 11-game road trip after blanking the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday. There will be some drama on the Colorado side as right fielder Michael Cuddyer aims to establish the longest hitting streak in franchise history. Cuddyer, who homered twice Wednesday, is currently tied with Dante Bichette for the longest run at 23 games. Bichette accomplished the feat in 1995.

TV: 6:10 p.m. ET, SNY (New York), ROOT (Colorado)

PITCHING MATCHUP: Mets RH Jeremy Hefner (2-6, 3.89 ERA) vs. Rockies RH Tyler Chatwood (4-1, 2.22)

Hefner entered June at 1-5 with a 4.74 ERA, but is 1-1 with a 1.88 ERA in four starts this month. He has walked exactly one batter in each of the four outings while striking out a total of 20. The 27-year-old made his only relief appearance of the season during that frigid, snowy series in Coors Field earlier this year, giving up two runs in an inning against the Rockies on April 18.

Chatwood has emerged as a reliable figure in the Rockies rotation, posting seven straight starts in which he has allowed two runs or fewer. The 23-year-old, whose ERA is 1.63 during that hot stretch, has yet to allow a home run in 44 2/3 innings this season. Chatwood has tossed 10 scoreless innings in two career starts against the Mets.

WALK-OFFS

1. Rockies CF Dexter Fowler missed Wednesday's game with a sore right wrist.

2. Mets OF Eric Young went 3-for-4 Wednesday and is now 12-for-29 since joining the team earlier this month. He previously played for the Rockies.

3. New York finally returns home Friday to host Washington while Colorado welcomes San Francisco to Coors Field.

PREDICTION: Rockies 4, Mets 3