By Jeremy Kahn

AP photo: Yoenis Cespedes of the New York Mets connects for one of his two home runs on Saturday also hit a two run homer on Sunday that was the gamer for the Mets in their victory at AT&T Park

SAN FRANCISCO-With one swing of the bat by Yoenis Cespedes, the San Francisco Giants fell out of first place.

Cespedes hit a two-run home run off of Jeff Samardzija in the top of the seventh inning, helping the New York Mets to a 2-0 victory over the Giants before a sellout crowd of 41,377, the 471st consecutive regular season sellout at AT&T Park.

With the loss, the Giants fell back into second place, just one-half game behind the Los Angeles Dodgers, who defeated the Cincinnati Reds 4-0 at Great American Ballpark.

It was the third home run in two days for Cespedes, who hit two in Saturday’s 9-5 Mets victory.

The three home runs by Cespedes tied for the most in a series by the left fielder this season, as he also hit three in a series from May 5-8 against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park.

Just one batter prior to the Cespedes home run, Curtis Granderson picked up the first hit of the night for the Mets, a double just over the head of Gregor Blanco in left field.

Despite the double to Granderson, and the eventual game-winning home run to Cespedes, Samardzija pitched an outstanding game for the Giants.

Samardzija went seven innings, allowing just two runs on just three hits, walking just one and striking out seven; however he saw his record fall to 10-9 on the season.

The six innings of no-hit ball by Samardzija is the longest no-hit bid of his career, as he previously went 5.2 innings against the Baltimore Orioles on July 4, 2015, while pitching for the Chicago White Sox.

Since the All-Star break, the Giants have surrendered 48 home runs in 34 games, the highest in the National League, trailing the Arizona Diamondbacks who have allowed since the All-Star break.

Noah Syndergaard was fantastic for the Mets, as he went eight innings, allowing just two hits, walking just two and striking out six, as he improved to 11-7 on the season.

It was a historical win for Mets manager Terry Collins, as he won his 900th career game and is the 10th active manager to reach the 900 win plateau.

Trevor Brown was the first Giants player to reach base in the bottom of the third inning, as he walked off of Syndergaard; however he was thrown out at second base with Samardzija at the plate by Mets catcher Rene Rivera.

Syndergaard was the first Mets player to reach base, as he drew a walk against Samardzija in the top of the third inning. He would be the only batter to reach against Samardzija until Granderson’s opposite field double in the top of the seventh inning
Just one inning later, Eduardo Nunez broke up Syndergaard’s chance at a no-hitter, as he singled; however like Brown, Rivera threw him out at second base trying to steal.

Joe Panik singled off of Syndergaard in the bottom of the fifth inning, marking three consecutive innings that Syndergaard allowed a runner to base.

Brandon Belt was the last Giants player to reach base against Syndergaard, as he walked in the bottom of the seventh inning, but then Brandon Crawford ended the inning, as he grounded into a double play.

Mets closer Jeurys Familia closed out the game to pickup his 41st save of the season, despite the fact that he gave up a pinch-hit single to Buster Posey in the bottom of the ninth inning.

Following the Posey pinch-hit single, Denard Span was thrown out by Rivera trying to reach on a bunt and then Familia got Nunez to strikeout swinging to end the game.

The 41 saves by Familia are tied for the third-most in Mets history, and just two shy of his own record that was set during the 2015 season, when the Mets returned to the World Series for the first time since the 1986 season.