NEW YORK — The San Francisco Giants were one of the hottest teams in baseball in June and the Mets one of the worst. But Saturday at Citi Field, the roles reversed and the Mets defeated the Giants, 4-1.
Typically it’s the Mets’ starting pitchers who can’t get past the third time through the order or even the second. This time, it was Anthony DeSclafani who exited after giving up three solo home runs in the third inning to put the Mets up 3-0. This came after the Colts Neck, N.J., native allowed only two in the month of June.
Francisco Alvarez hit the first one of the inning. With two outs, Brandon Nimmo pulled one over the right-field fence for his fourth in the last five games (12 total), and Francisco Lindor followed with one of his own to right-center field (17 total). For Alvarez, it was his 13th of the season, which ties him with Travis d’Arnaud for the most home runs by a Mets rookie (2014).
