New York Mets baserunner Tyrone Taylor is called safe on a stolen base as the San Francisco Giants second baseman Brett Wisely gets the ball too late in the bottom of the seventh inning at Citi Park in New York on Sat May 26, 2024 (AP News photo)
By Jessica Kwong
NEW YORK. — The San Francisco Giants continued their streak of coming back from behind in another thrilling win over the New York Mets, 7-2, at Citi Field on Saturday afternoon.
San Francisco’s victory in extra inning came after their comeback win in the Friday night series opener in which they hit their third consecutive grand slam and reached .500.
Giants manager Bob Melvin admitted, “We seem to have a little here for the dramatic here recently.”
“Look, it’s just kind of what we’re doing now. We talk about it every day, is it’s the 27th out. Until then every bat means as much in the first as it does in the ninth,” said Melvin.
“We’ve come back, bigger numbers than one, so all it takes is one big hit to get a run but it is the talk in the dugout late in the games is, here we go again.”
In the first inning, Starling Marte hit a home run on a fly ball to left field to put the Mets up 1-0.
The Giants went hitless for five innings until the sixth when Patrick Bailey, who hit the grand slam on Friday night, singled on a line drive to left field and allowed Brett Wisely to score, tying the game at 1-1.
In the seventh inning, Brett Baty hit a home run on a fly ball to right field and put New York up 2-1.
San Francisco answered back in the ninth as LaMonte Wade Jr., who was experiencing hamstring discomfort, singled on a sharp line drive to right field and Ryan McKenna scored and tied it at 2-2, taking the game into the 10th inning.
“We’re just a resilient team, that we’re never out of the game,’ said Wade Jr. “Pitchers keep us in it and us hitters you know we’re trying to get that back and the last week it’s been pretty good.”
WIsely then singled on a sharp ground ball to right field and Curt Casali scored, giving the Giants a 3-2 lead. Bailey walked, putting the Giants up 4-2. Then Mike Yastrzemski tripled on a fly ball to left field and Luis Matos, Thairo Estrada and Bailey scored, giving the Giants a 7-2 lead.
“This team is so resilient no matter if we’re down five, down one, we’re going to battle every at-bat,” said Wisely. “It’s been proven the last four games. With the game on the line, you get pretty excited.”
New York failed to earn any more runs.
The Giants (27-26) play the final of the three-game series against the Mets (21-30) on Sunday with first pitch at 10:40 a.m. PT. Starting pitchers for Sunday’s contest for San Francisco RHP Logan Webb (4-4, ERA 3.03) and for the New York Mets former Giants LHP Sean Manaea (3-1, ERA 3.11) first pitch 10:40am PT.

