The Mets have put themselves in quite the hole, but they could be in the early stages of digging their way out.

Juan Soto set the tone with a leadoff homer, Marcus Semien homered and had four hits, and Freddy Peralta threw five scoreless innings in a 10-5 victory over the Rockies Wednesday at Coors Field. New York (14-22) has won three in a row.

Soto’s fourth homer of the season on the game’s third pitch was a 435-foot, opposite-field drive. The 248th homer of his career was his first to leadoff a game.

The Mets added three runs in the fourth when their first four men reached base. Brett Baty walked, Semien doubled, Carson Benge brought home two with a single and Francisco Alvarez singled. Luis Torrens drove in a run with a groundout that made it 4-0.

Benge (2-for-5 with a double and two runs scored) is hitting .202/.272/.327 and has raised his batting average 111 points since April 7.

Peralta (2-3) gave up four hits, walked two, struck out one, and continued to master the league’s best hitter’s park. In 22 career innings at Coors, he’s given up three earned runs for a 1.23 ERA. He lowered his season ERA to 3.12.

The Mets scored four runs in the sixth. Alvarez and Bo Bichette connected for RBI singles, Soto hit a sacrifice fly, and Tyrone Taylor drove in a run on a fielder’s choice groundout that made it 8-0.

But Tobias Myers‘ worst outing as a Met (four runs on five hits) made things interesting. He served up two homers (TJ Rumfield and Jake McCarthy) and two doubles and recorded just two outs. With the score 8-4 and a runner on first, Carlos Mendoza summoned Brooks Raley, who struck out Mickey Moniak on three pitches to end the inning. Raley also threw a scoreless seventh.

Semien hit a two-run homer in the ninth that made it 10-4.

Sean Manaea came in for the ninth, but couldn’t finish the game after striking out his first batter. He gave up three straight singles to load the bases and hit Tyler Freeman with a pitch to force in a run. Devin Williams entered and struck out pinch-hitter Jordan Beck and Kyle Karros to earn his fifth save.

Torrens caught and Alvarez was at designated hitter. Peralta’s ERA in three games now with Torrens behind the plate is 1.06 over 17 innings. In five starts with Alvarez catching, it is 4.44 over 26 1/3 innings.

Stat of the Game

The Mets are 3-0 since Gary Cohen described Carson Benge’s diving catch in Anaheim as “pulchritudinous.” (It means physically attractive, and dictionary.com says it is a grandiose way of calling something good-looking, usually with humor in mind.)

Once upon a time, this team won seven straight after Grimace threw out the first pitch and rode the momentum all the way to the playoffs. Maybe pulchritudinous can be similarly fortuitous.

Player of the Game

Semien went 4-for-5 with a homer, a double and three runs scored. It was the first four-hit game for a Met this season. He also made a nifty backhanded play of a short hop behind second base and shoveled to Bichette for a force out.

On Deck

The Rockies swept the Mets at Citi Field last month. The Mets can return the favor Thursday. Coors doesn’t seem like the best place to find your first career win, but Christian Scott (0-0, 4.26 ERA) will try his best Freddy Peraltaimpersonation. Jose Quintana (1-2, 4.07 ERA) starts for Colorado. Game time is 3:10 p.m. ET, and it will air on SNY.