Brandon Nimmo and Francisco Lindor teamed up for three timely hits apiece and the host New York Mets went on to rout the San Francisco Giants 12-6 on Saturday afternoon in the second game of a three-game series.
Pete Alonso hit a three-run homer in the first inning for the Mets, who were outscored 23-10 in losing their previous four games. Lindor had four RBIs while Nimmo finished with three RBIs.
Dominic Smith hit a two-run homer and Grant McCray laced an RBI single for the Giants, who fell to 3-11 since the All-Star break. Willy Adames added a two-run blast in the ninth.
Smith went deep in the third to tie the game at 3, then McCray put San Francisco ahead with an RBI single in the top of the fourth before New York took the lead again in the bottom half against Kai-Wei Teng (0-1) and Matt Gage.
Cedric Mullins, who made his first start since being acquired from the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday, led off with a single, stole second and scored on Nimmo’s one-out single. Lindor followed two pitches later with a bunt single that scored Brett Baty.
Nimmo and Lindor continued to drive in insurance runs with back-to-back RBI singles in the sixth. Nimmo delivered his third run-scoring single an inning later, followed by a two-run double from Lindor. Nimmo then scored on a wild pitch.
Alonso doubled and scored on Jeff McNeil’s groundout in the eighth.
Reed Garrett (3-4) tossed 1 1/3 perfect innings in relief of starter Kodai Senga, who gave up four runs on five hits and three walks while striking out four over four innings.
McCray, Jung Hoo Lee and Casey Schmitt had two hits apiece for the Giants.
Teng, who was recalled from Triple-A Sacramento earlier Saturday in order to make his first major league appearance, allowed five runs on four hits and three walks while striking out four over 3 1/3 innings.
–Field Level Media
