Denver, CO (Sports Network) - Nick Evans, called up from Double-A Binghamton to aid the ailing Mets outfield, went 3-for-4 with three doubles, two runs batted in, and scored in his major league debut, leading New York to a 9-2 clubbing of the Colorado Rockies.

Marlon Anderson went to the disabled list on Saturday with a strained hamstring, and with Moises Alou and Angel Pagan already on the DL, and Ryan Church recovering from a concussion, the Mets called up Evans late Friday night. He made the most of his debut, hitting the first of three doubles in New York's five-run first as the Mets put a stop to their season-long five- game slide.

"It's kind of unreal. The whole thing has been a blur to me," said Evans of his whirlwind call-up.

Claudio Vargas (1-2) came out on three days' rest and gave the Mets some much- needed innings, scattering four hits and two runs over seven innings, with three strikeouts and a walk. Carlos Beltran had a bases-clearing double, and David Wright and Carlos Delgado homered for New York.

Jeff Francis (1-5) held the Mets to one run in his final five innings, but the five he surrendered in the first did him in. Francis gave up six runs on seven hits total, with eight strikeouts and three walks, and saw his earned run average jump to 6.18. Matt Holliday homered for the second game in a row for the Rockies, who managed only four hits, and lost for the third time in four games.

The Mets exploded for five runs off Francis in the first and never looked back. Jose Reyes laced a leadoff single to center, Luis Castillo walked, and a double-steal put the runners at second and third. Francis then walked Wright, loading the bases for Beltran.

The New York center fielder belted a fly ball to deep left-center that fell in just shy of the warning track, allowing all three runs to score. Fernando Tatis singled through the left side of the infield to put runners at the corners before Delgado fanned for the first out of the frame. Ramon Castro picked him up with an RBI single, however, and Evans, in his first major league at-bat, lined a double to right to score Tatis for a 5-0 Mets lead.

"The whole inning kind of sped him up," said Rockies manager Clint Hurdle of Francis' troubles in the first. "He rushed his delivery, leaving balls up in the zone. He wasn't deliberate. His changeup wasn't working. It was a rough inning."

Holliday, who homered off of Billy Wagner in the ninth inning to tie Friday's game, went deep again in the first, a two-out solo shot to left. Wright restored the five-run lead with a solo homer of his own, however, a one-out blast to right in the second.

Jonathan Herrera's RBI single in the third cut the Mets lead to 6-2, but that was as close as Colorado got.

Castro doubled to left-center to lead off the eighth, and Evans continued his amazing debut with another double to right, scoring Castro with an insurance run. Castillo's two-out double to left plated Evans, pushing the New York lead to 8-2.

Delgado's two-out solo homer to right-center in the ninth capped the scoring.