The Mets offense was quiet through the first five innings on Saturday night, but scored two runs in the sixth, and held on to beat the San Francisco Giants, 2-1.
New York (61-44) extended their winning streak to six games and remain 0.5 games ahead of the Philadelphia Phillies, who beat the Yankees again earlier in the day, for first place in the NL East.
Here are the takeaways…
— David Peterson got some help from 3B Mark Vientos and 2B Brett Baty to avoid early damage, as Vientos snagged Matt Chapman's line drive and tossed it to Baty, who scooped the low and hard throw to complete the inning-ending double play. Peterson found himself in another situation with runners on first and second base with just one out in the second inning, but escaped thanks to a 4-6-3 double play.
It was then Pete Alonso's turn to help Peterson out in the third inning — getting a tag on a wide throw for the first out and scooping a Francisco Lindor throw for the third out of the frame.
— Peterson's luck ended in the fourth, loading the bases and allowing a run to cross on a force out, giving the Giants a 1-0 lead. But the left-hander bounced back to get out of another jam in the fifth inning, keeping it a one-run game. He then found a way to get through the sixth inning, matching his career high of 121 IP on the season.
Peterson's final line: one earned run on eight hits (all singles) with four strikeouts and three walks over 91 pitches across the six innings. The outing lowered his season ERA to 2.38.
— Francisco Alvarez tripled with two outs in the second, crushing a ball off the wall in right field that was misplayed by Luis Matos. However, the Mets couldn't capitalize as Robbie Ray struck out Tyrone Taylor for the third out.
Alonso hit a leadoff single in the fourth inning and advanced to third on Starling Marte's double down the line to left field, giving New York another scoring chance. Baty then reached first on a dribbler back to Ray, who was watching Alonso at third, loading the bases. But once again, the Mets failed to score as Vientos struck out and Alvarez grounded into a 5-3 double play.
— Juan Soto walked and stole his career-high 14th base with one out in the top of the sixth inning, New York's 26th straight successful stolen base (the longest active streak in the majors and three shy of the Brewers' record 29). Marte walked and then Rafael Devers struggles at first base continued, bobbling a grounder and only getting the force out at first base. Vientos came through with a two-run double to flip the game around and put the Mets up 2-1, knocking Ray out of the game.
New York had a chance to add more to their lead after Alvarez and Taylor walked, but Brandon Nimmo struck out looking to end the top half of the inning.
— Reed Garrett tossed a 1-2-3 seventh inning in relief of Peterson. Ryne Stanek then breezed through the eighth with a 1-2-3 inning of his own. Edwin Diaz nearly let up a game-tying homer to Jung Hoo Lee in the ninth, but the ball hit off the wall in right-center field for a double. The closer settled down to strike out Mike Yastrzemski and Alonso made a game-saving, jumping catch on Patrick Bailey's line drive to end the game.
Game MVP: David Peterson
Peterson got out of multiple jams and allowed just one run on the night. It's the 13th time in 20 starts this season that he's thrown at least six innings.
Honorable mention: Alonso, for his stellar defense throughout the game.
Highlights
Francisco Lindor's spinning throw to Pete Alonso ends the inning! 🌪️ pic.twitter.com/4P9ZhJcSZ2
— SNY (@SNYtv) July 27, 2025
Mark Vientos gives the Mets the lead with a 2-RBI double! pic.twitter.com/fIiLhc9Yau
— SNY (@SNYtv) July 27, 2025
"Caught by Alonso and the ballgame is over!"
Pete Alonso LEAPS for the grab and the final out 👏 pic.twitter.com/tnW0TYsC4u
— SNY (@SNYtv) July 27, 2025
What's next
The Mets and Giants wrap up their three-game series on Sunday night. First pitch is at 7:10 p.m. on ESPN.
Kodai Senga (7-3, 1.79 ERA) will take the mound while the Giants have yet to decide on a starter.
