DENVER – Carlos Delgado hit a two-run homer as part of a five-run second and John Maine composed himself after a shaky first, lifting the New York Mets to a 7-2 win over the Colorado Rockies on Friday night.

Interim manager Jerry Manuel won for the second straight game, his first winning streak since taking over for the fired Willie Randolph. He’s now 2-1 at the helm of the Mets.

Trot Nixon hit his first homer in a Mets uniform, a solo shot in the third, after being acquired from the Arizona Diamondbacks on June 13. He also had a sliding catch in the fourth on Willy Taveras’ two-out sinking liner, taking away two runs.