Giants Turn 5 DPs, Get Alonso With Bags Full To Top Mets 3-2

NEW YORK (AP) — Jake McGee induced a game-ending popup from Pete Alonso with the bases loaded, and the San Francisco Giants turned 5 treble plays to bushed the freefalling New York Mets 3-2 Wednesday night.

Brandon Crawford deed a go-ahead, two-run treble successful the seventh inning aft New York manager Luis Rojas gave starter Taijuan Walker an assertive hook, and the Giants improved to 4-1 against the Mets implicit the past 10 days.

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The Mets had 2 connected against McGee successful the ninth aft Giants outfielders Austin Slater and Alex Dickerson bumped into each different and dropped a one-out alert ball. Francisco Lindor popped up for the 2nd retired earlier Brandon Nimmo drew a full-count locomotion to load the bases for Alonso.

McGee jammed Alonso with a 1-2 fastball and his brushed flare was caught easy connected the infield by 2nd baseman Tommy La Stella. It was McGee’s 29th save.

Walker (7-9) overpowered San Francisco done six innings but was pulled successful the seventh with 74 pitches aft runners reached connected an mistake by 3rd baseman Jonathan Villar and a popup that fell betwixt 3 Mets defenders successful shallow center.

Rojas tabbed left-hander Aaron Loup to look the lefty-hitting Crawford, and the seasoned drilled the archetypal transportation to the partition successful close for a two-run treble and a 3-2 lead. It was 1 of lone 4 hits for the Giants successful the game.

Fans booed Rojas arsenic helium made the alteration and chanted “Fire Rojas!” aft it backfired. It was the archetypal extra-base deed Loup had allowed to a left-handed hitter successful 70 sheet appearances this season.

The Giants person won 21 of 28 arsenic they effort to clasp disconnected the Dodgers for the champion grounds successful the NL West and the majors. San Francisco led Los Angeles by 2 1/2 games entering Wednesday.

New York mislaid for the 10th clip successful 12 games — each against the Dodgers and Giants. After starring the NL East for astir 3 months, the Mets entered the time 6 1/2 games down the division-leading Braves.

The 5 treble plays were a play precocious for New York. Javier Báez ran into the archetypal 1 erstwhile helium took disconnected from 2nd connected Villar’s liner to center. The shot was caught, and Báez was doubled up easily. Alonso grounded into 2 treble plays, Báez lined into different and Patrick Mazeika besides bounced into one.

Walker was cleanable until Kris Bryant’s solo homer with 2 outs successful the fourth. The right-hander was charged with 3 runs (two earned), 2 hits and a locomotion implicit six innings portion striking retired three. Walker entered the time with a 7.49 ERA successful 7 starts since making his archetypal All-Star squad successful July.

The Mets got an unearned tally against Johnny Cueto erstwhile 3rd baseman Bryant threw distant a two-out, bases-loaded grounder deed by slow-footed Alonso to necktie it astatine 1 successful the fifth. An inning later, Dominic Smith ripped a go-ahead RBI treble disconnected left-hander Tony Watson (5-3).

Cueto was activated from the injured database and pitched for the archetypal clip since Aug. 9 owed to a close flexor strain. He allowed an unearned tally implicit 4 2/3 innings, giving up 5 hits and 3 walks with 2 strikeouts.

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Alonso singled successful the archetypal inning for the archetypal 10-game hitting streak of his career.

SWITCHED UP

Walker lined singles successful his archetypal 2 at-bats, his archetypal hits since switching from hitting righty to lefty a fewer weeks ago. Walker, a promising right-handed hitter successful precocious school, made the alteration aft experiencing symptom successful his near enarthrosis portion swinging from the close side.

ARMING UP

Jacob deGrom played drawback for the archetypal clip successful 4 weeks aft an MRI showed betterment with the close forearm tightness that has sidelined him since July 7. Mets teammate Noah Syndergaard volition statesman a insignificant league rehab duty with High-A Brooklyn connected Thursday.

The Mets haven’t laid retired a progression for deGrom, who is retired until astatine slightest Sept. 13 due to the fact that helium was placed connected the 60-day injured list.

Syndergaard was slated to propulsion 1 inning for the Cyclones successful his archetypal crippled enactment since May, erstwhile his archetypal rehab duty pursuing Tommy John country successful 2020 was unopen down owed to elbow discomfort.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Giants: C Buster Posey was retired of the lineup a nighttime aft leaving the crippled with near genu discomfort, but manager Gabe Kapler didn’t expect Posey to miss overmuch time. … Crawford was successful the starting lineup aft leaving Tuesday’s crippled with little backmost tightness. … 1B Brandon Belt volition permission the squad to be his grandmother’s ceremonial Friday successful Texas.

Mets: Lindor was retired of the lineup a nighttime aft ending a five-week lack with a close oblique strain. He struck retired arsenic a pinch hitter successful the seventh.

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Giants LHP Alex Wood (10-4, 4.11 ERA) pitches the bid finale Thursday nighttime against Mets RHP Carlos Carrasco (0-2, 8.82).