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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SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium -- A month before his 20th birthday, Frenchman Esteban Ocon will make his Formula One debut for the Manor team at this weekends Belgian Grand Prix.The 18-year-old Dutch driver Max Verstappen -- his former rival -- will be competing in his 32nd GP, already has four podiums to his name and is the youngest driver to win an F1 race.That makes him an easy person for Ocon to look up to as he looks to make his own mark in F1.Age is just a number at the end. You have to show you are capable of driving in F1 and show it to the right people, Ocon said Thursday. I think thats the most important thing. You have to deliver like Max did and thats the target for me as well.When Ocon won the European Formula 3 championship in 2014, Verstappen finished behind him in third place.Their paths then split.Verstappen was fast-tracked to F1 last year with Toro Rosso before replacing Russian Daniil Kvyat at Red Bull after four races this season.Verstappen paid back that faith with a brilliant drive to win the Spanish GP in May in his first race for Red Bull, and then finished second in Austria and Britain before taking third place at the German GP in the last race before the summer break.His advice for Ocon is pretty simplee.ddddddddddddJust jump in the car and go out and drive as fast as you can, Verstappen said.Easier said than done, because few drivers have Verstappens level of confidence, even given his young age.Ocon began this year racing for Mercedes in Germanys DTM touring car championship and was a reserve driver for the Renault F1 team.Things quickly changed two weeks ago, when Manor terminated Rio Haryantos contract -- having run out of patience with his sponsors -- and replaced the Indonesian driver with Ocon for the remainder of the season.Ocon fully intends to take his chance.I had the best preparation I could have got, he said. Its great to start in Spa. Its a track that I know, so it will help me get up to speed.Ocon is considered a strong candidate for a race seat at Renault next year, particularly with speculation surrounding the future of Danish driver Kevin Magnussen.Before that, however, he hopes to pick up some tips from his Manor teammate Pascal Wehrlein, a 21-year-old German who will be racing in only his 13th GP.Hes a great driver and he has been quick throughout the whole season, Ocon said. ' ' '