San Francisco Giants starter Logan Webb delivers to the New York Mets in the first inning. Webb would pitch into the eighth inning before being lifted on Tue Aug 17, 2021 at Oracle Park in San Francisco (AP News photo)

By Jeremy Kahn

SAN FRANCISCO-Logan Webb got all the offense he would need in the bottom of the first inning from an unlikely source.

Tommy La Stella hit just his second home run of the season, a two-run blast over the center field wall and the San Francisco Giants defeated the New York Mets 3-2 before a crowd of 23,610 at Oracle Park.

La Stellas home run came just one batter after LaMonte Wade, Jr., singled up the middle off of eventual losing pitcher Marcus Stroman.

Webb was absolutely fantastic, as he continues to improve with each start. He went the first 7.1 innings, allowing two runs on seven hits, walking one and striking out eight on his way to raising his record up to 7-3 on the season. It was the sixth win in a row for Webb, a streak that began on May 11 against the Texas Rangers at Oracle Park.

Stroman was equally as good for the Mets, as he went seven innings, allowing three runs on five hits, walking two and striking out nine and saw his record fall to 8-12 on the season.

The eventual difference in the game came in the bottom of the seventh inning, as Evan Longoria hit a solo home run into the left field bleachers for his 10th home run of the season.

With his 10th home run of the season, Longoria is the ninth Giants player to reach double figures in home runs this season, matching the 1952, 1958, 1987 and 2000 teams for the most players.

Pete Alonso supplied the big hit for the Mets in the top of the eighth inning, as he got the Mets within one run, when his 26th home run of the season cut the Giants lead down to 3-2. The Alonso home run ended the night for Webb, who was replaced by Tony Watson, who was able to get out of the inning by getting Michael Conforto to grounded out to La Stella and then J.D. Davis flew out to Austin Slater to end the inning.

Buster Posey struck out four times on the evening against both Stroman and reliever Aaron Loup.

Jarlin Garcia came on in the top of the ninth inning, and despite giving up a leadoff single to Jeff McNeill, he was to get Jonathan Villar to strikeout for the first out of the inning, then Patrick Mazeika to groundout to Brandon Belt.

Dominic Leone replaced Garcia and threw three pitches, all strikes to get former Giants outfielder Kevin Pillar to strikeout to end the game. It was the first save of the season for Leone and the third of his career.

NOTES: With his 10th home run of the season, Longoria joins Brandon Crawford, Mike Yastrzemski, Brandon Belt, Wilmer Flores, Posey, Wade, Jr., Alex Dickerson and Darin Ruf.
Prior to the game, Tyler Beede was recalled from Sacramento and placed on the 60-day disabled list with a lower back strain. Tyler Chatwood was selected from Sacramento and Jay Jackson was optioned to Sacramento.

With their 78th win of the season, the Giants club of 1993 holds the best record thru 120 games at 80-40.

Since unveiling their City Connect jerseys, the Giants are now 6-0 in the uniforms since they were unveiled in the series versus the Washington Nationals on July 9.

With two home runs on the night, the Giants have hit 181 home runs and continue to lead the major leagues in home runs, as the Toronto Blue Jays trail the Giants by just two, as they have hit 179 home runs on the season.

This is the first time this season that the Mets have lost five in a row, and all are against teams from the State of California. The Los Angeles Dodgers swept the Mets at Citi Field in a three-game set over the weekend, and now the Giants have taken the first two this week.

Currently, the Mets are in a streak of 13 straight games against the Dodgers and the Giants and according to Elias Sports Bureau, they are the first team since the 1980 Toronto Blue Jays to play 13 straight games against teams with a .600 winning percentage or better at least 100 games into the season. That season, the Blue Jays went 4-9 and thus far this season, the Mets are 0-5.

UP NEXT: Anthony DeSclafani closes out the home stand on Wednesday afternoon, as he looks for his 12th win of the season for the Giants, while Tylor Megill looks to even his record at 2-2, as he takes the mound for the Mets.