New York Mets Luis Torens slugs a two run double next to San Francisco Giant catcher Patrick Bailey in the top of the eighth inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Sun Apr 5, 2026 (AP News photo)

Sunday, April 5, 2026

Oracle Park

San Francisco, California

New York Mets 5 (6-4)

San Francisco Giants 2 (3-7)

Win: Huascar Brazoban (1-0)

Loss: Keaton Winn (0-1)

Save: Devin Williams (2)

Time: 2:37

Attendance: 37,079

By Stephen Ruderman

SAN FRANCISCO–The Giants’ bullpen blew a great seven-inning performance by Logan Webb, as the Mets scored four runs in the top of the eighth to beat the Giants 5-2 and take the series Sunday.

After the Giants’ offense finally came to life in San Diego, and continued hitting in the opener of this four-game series against the Mets on Thursday, the bats have gone quiet again over the last two days. With Logan Webb going up against Kodai Senga, you figured that this was going to be a pitcher’s duel.

It was another beautiful day for baseball at Oracle Park, where there has been nothing but great weather to start the season. The game? Well, it would prove to be quite a bit less beautiful.

Webb was torched for six earned runs against the Yankees in the season opener on March 25. However, he bounced back for a nice quality outing on Tuesday in San Diego, giving up three hits over six innings.

Webb started day with a 1-2-3 top of the first, but the Mets got to him for a run in the top of the second on a bloop hit the other way to right by Mark Vientos. It could have been worse. Fortunately, Marcus Semien grounded into a double play, and Webb was able to get out of it, giving up just the run.

Meanwhile, the Giants offense predictably couldn’t do a thing against Senga, who struck out six of the first eight men he faced. The Giants finally got their first hit of the day when Luis Arraez led off the bottom of the fourth with a base-hit. It was the very kind of at-bat Buster Posey brought him in to take.

Arraez fouled off three two-strike pitches to work the count full, and then flipped the ninth pitch to right-center for a base-hit. Unfortunately, Matt Chapman grounded into a grounded into a double play right afterwards, so, so much for that.

Webb settled down after the second, and remained solid through the middle innings. As has been the case for so many years, the Giants’ offense couldn’t back him up.

Patrick Bailey has been off to a horrendous start this season, and came into this game hitting .083. In his first at-bat in the bottom of the third, Bailey made solid contact in a line out the other way to left. He then led off the bottom of the sixth with a bloop single to left.

Willy Adames and Arraez were retired, but Chapman lined a double down the left field line to tie the game. Rafael Devers then hit a fly ball that fell in there in front of the diving center-fielder, Luis Robert, and the Giants had their first lead of the game.

The Mets loaded the bases against Webb in the top of the seventh, and it happened in the worst possible way, as Francisco Alvarez reached on catcher’s interference with two outs. It was assumed Tony Vitello would bring in Erik Miller, who was warming up in the Giants’ bullpen, to face Francisco Lindor. However, Tony stuck with his ace, who got Lindor to ground out to second.

That finished off another solid start by Webb. He gave up seven hits, but he gave up just the run in the top of the season. He also walked just one, and struck out three.

Huasar Brazoban pitched a 1-2-3 inning in the bottom of the seventh. 1-2-3 innings are generally uneventful, but this one was quite the opposite. Home Plate Umpire Edwin Jimenez called Jerar Encarnacion out on runner’s lane interference for the second out of the inning.

Jimenez nailed the call, but Tony, who let’s just say had a history with umpires in the SEC, came out anyway. Tony said his piece to Jimenez, but on his way back to the dugout, he was tossed by Third Base Umpire and Crew Chief David Rackley.

When Tony got back to the dugout, Arraez, Devers and Heliot Ramos all gave their skipper a pat on the behind, which really showed how much these guys really enjoy playing for Tony, and how much they really appreciate it.

You would have thought that with Tony putting on a show, it would really motivate the club to get the job done. Unfortunately, the exact opposite happened.

Despite how weak the Giants’ bullpen was coming into the season, they got off to a solid start. Sunday, Keaton Winn was the guy for the eighth, and he got off to a nice start by getting Bo Bichette to ground out to third. However, Jorge Polanco doubled, and Robert singled pinch-runner Tyrone Taylor over to third.

Erik Miller was brought in, and Luis Torrens hit a pinch-hit double to put the Mets back ahead. It only got worse from there. Mark Vientos hit a ground ball to third, but Devers was unable to come up with Chapman’s one-hop throw from third, which skipped away and went out of play. It was now 4-2. Marcus Semien tacked on another run with a double to make it 5-2.

We all dreaded the Giants’ bullpen collapsing in the late innings, and today, they did. It of course figures that Luke Weaver threw a 1-2-3 shutdown bottom of the eighth for the Metropolitans.

JT Brubaker was able to work out of a jam in the top of the ninth to keep the deficit at three. The Giants had one last shot against Mets’ closer Devin Williams in the bottom of the ninth. Matt Chapman took a nice two-strike emergency hack—something he especially needed to do since the Giants were out of ABS challenges—and lined a leadoff base-hit to left.

It certainly gave me a jolt of hope and adrenaline. Unfortunately, Chapman was thrown out trying to steal second. Ramos singled to left with two outs, and Jung Hoo Lee worked the count full, but Lee went up the ladder on a high fastball to end it.

This was a tough loss for the Giants, who are now off to a 3-7 start on the young season. Unfortunately, things will not get any easier with the Phillies coming in for three starting Monday night.

Adrian Houser (0-1, 1.69 ERA), who had a solid Giants’ debut on Wednesday in San Diego, in which he gave up an earned run in five a third innings, will take the ball Monday. Andrew Painter (1-0, 1.69 ERA) will go for the Phillies.

First pitch will be at 6:45 p.m.