{"id":326370,"date":"2021-08-17T08:24:13","date_gmt":"2021-08-17T05:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/mets-fall-to-500-with-loss-to-giants-as-misery-continues\/"},"modified":"2021-08-17T08:24:13","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T05:24:13","slug":"mets-fall-to-500-with-loss-to-giants-as-misery-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mets-fall-to-500-with-loss-to-giants-as-misery-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"#Mets fall to .500 with loss to Giants as misery continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Mets fall to .500 with loss to Giants as misery continues<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>SAN FRANCISCO \u2014 In the glory days of June they moved 10 <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>s above .500 and dreamed of turning the NL East into a runaway.<\/p>\n<p>Now, in the dog days of August, the Mets are back to even and have to wonder if they will see the plus side of .500 again.<\/p>\n<p>The misery continued Monday night, when the Giants blasted three homers \u2014 including two from shiny new toy Kris Bryant \u2014 in sending the Mets to a 7-5 loss at Oracle Park. The loss was the Mets\u2019 fourth straight and 11th in 15 games, pushing them 3 \u00bd lengths behind the Braves in the NL East.<\/p>\n<p>Brandon Belt and Bryant homered as part of a three-run seventh inning against Trevor May, crystalizing the Mets\u2019 latest setback. The Mets (59-59) are nearly one-third of the way through a hellacious 13-game stretch against the Dodgers and Giants and still looking for a victory.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Villar got the Mets closer with a two-run homer in the eighth, but it wasn\u2019t enough to undo the previous inning\u2019s damage, which also included a Brandon Crawford RBI <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>le.<\/p>\n<p>Bryant, whom the Mets spoke to the Cubs about at the trade deadline (before ultimately acquiring Javier Baez) blasted a two-run homer in the fifth before unloading again in the seventh.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Mets_Giants_Baseball.1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Mets\" class=\"wp-image-19150667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Mets_Giants_Baseball.1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Mets_Giants_Baseball.1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Mets_Giants_Baseball.1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Kris Bryant circles the bases after his second home run of the game on Monday.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Miguel Castro was entrusted a 3-2 lead in the fifth, but put the Mets back into familiar chasing mode by surrendering a bomb to Bryant, who cleared the center-field fence after Alex Dickerson \u2014 part of the left-handed hitting brigade that manager Gabe Kapler dispatched after Rich Hill left the game \u2014 stroked a one-out double.<\/p>\n<p>The Mets\u2019 bats awoke against Kevin Gausman in the fifth. Pete Alonso delivered his first triple since 2019 (good for two runs) to tie the game before diving across the plate on Dominic Smith\u2019s sacrifice fly to give the Mets a 3-2 lead.<\/p>\n<p>        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Podcast\" width=\"100%\" height=\"188px\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.acast.com\/amazin-but-true\/luisrojas-mets-nightmareweekendfeat.darrylstrawberry?accentColor=2a2a2a&amp;bgColor=f6f6f6&amp;font-family=proxima%20nova&amp;logo=false&amp;secondaryColor=cc3333\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden;\"><br \/>\n        <\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Brandon Nimmo legged out a leadoff infield single to begin the rally and Michael Conforto walked. Alonso followed with a shot into the right-center gap and didn\u2019t stop running until diving into third. Gausman, the Giants ace, departed after the inning. Overall he allowed three earned runs on five hits with seven strikeouts and two walks.<\/p>\n<p>James McCann\u2019s bunt single in the sixth gave the Mets runners on first and second with nobody out, but the Giants bullpen won the battle. After Jay Jackson retired pinch-hitter Travis Blankenhorn, lefty Jose Alvarez entered and got Nimmo to pop out before Conforto was caught looking at strike three to end the inning.<\/p>\n<p>Hill gave the Mets three strong innings before fading in the fourth, when he was removed after allowing two earned runs on four hits. It marked the first time the lefty failed to complete five innings since arriving to the Mets at the trade deadline.<\/p>\n<p>Buster Posey doubled with one out in the fourth to begin Hill\u2019s downfall. Darin Ruf followed with an RBI single, but was erased from the base paths on a replay challenge that showed his foot off the bag as Alonso <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>lied the tag at first after receiving the relay throw. The Giants began another rally, with consecutive singles from Evan Longoria, Crawford and Wilmer Flores, the last of which brought in the second run. Castro entered with runners on the corners and retired pinch-hitter Tommy La Stella to keep the Mets\u2019 deficit at 2-0.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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