San Francisco Giants’ Mike Yastrzemski scores on Darin Ruf’s base hit to right field in the top of the eighth inning as the Giants hold on to beat the New York Mets 3-2 at Citi Field in Flushing on Thu Aug 26, 2021 (AP News photo)

By Jessica Kwong

NEW YORK — The San Francisco Giants beat the New York Mets 3-2 for the second night in a row on Thursday at Citi Field to complete their three-game sweep.

Kris Bryant hit a home run on a fly ball to left center field in the first inning and LaMonte Wade scored, putting the Giants up 2-0.

In the sixth inning, left-handed pitcher Alex Wood gave up a two-run homer to Pete Alonso in his last throw of the night, allowing the Mets to tie the game at 2-2.

The Giants starter allowed six hits and two earned runs in 5 1/3 innings and walked two and struck out five.

San Francisco regained dominance in the eighth inning. Mike Yastrzemski led off with a single and got to second base when Curt Casali was hit on the right arm by a sinker from Mets reliever Seth Lugo. Darin Ruf singled on a ground ball to right fielder Kevin Pillar and Yastrzemski scored, giving the Giants a 3-2 lead.

Giants manager Gabe Kapler said that second baseman Donovan Solano tested positive for Covid-19 and will stay in New York while the rest of the team flies to Atlanta. Solano will likely be out for seven to 10 days.

“Donovan came in today, had some cold-like symptoms,” Giants manager Gabe Kapler said postgame. “We tested him for Covid and he tested positive for Covid and that’s why we placed him on the IL.”

The Giants improved to 83-44 and maintain a three-game lead over the Los Angeles Dodgers at the top of the NL West, as well as the best overall winning percentage in the league (.654). The Mets hopes of making the playoffs, meanwhile, are crumbling.

San Francisco starts a three-game series against the Atlanta Braves at Truist Park on Friday. First pitch is at 4:20 p.m.