Mets homer 5 times, beat Giants 10-6
Bo Bichette, Francisco Alvarez, Mark Vientos and Francisco Lindor all went deep as the Mets beat the Giants 10-6 at Citi Field, and David Stearns confirmed Lindor as next year's everyday shortstop.
Five homers send the Giants home from Citi Field
The Mets beat the Giants 10-6 at Citi Field on September 4, and four different hitters did the damage with home runs. Bo Bichette went 2-for-3 with a homer and 2 RBI, Mark Vientos went 2-for-4 with a homer and 3 RBI, and Francisco Lindor went 2-for-5 with a homer and 2 RBI. Francisco Alvarez did the rest by himself, going 2-for-4 with 2 home runs and 2 RBI in what the club's own account noted was the 8th multi-homer game of his career.
Giants10-6Nolan McLean started and worked 6.0 innings, allowing 6 hits and 2 earned runs with 4 walks and 7 strikeouts. The win put New York's last five games at 3-2, though at 64-77 the Mets remain 20 games back in the NL East with an elimination number of 2.
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Asked whether Francisco Lindor will be the Mets' everyday shortstop next season, David Stearns didn't hedge: "No question," he said, per SNY_Mets via FoulTerritoryTV. It's a settled answer to a question that wasn't really in doubt after the season Lindor is finishing, but hearing the president of baseball operations say it outright is its own kind of news with three weeks left in a lost year.
The roster moved underneath him this week. The Mets claimed right-hander Cameron Weston off waivers from the Orioles and optioned him to Triple-A, and designated catcher Shawn Ross for assignment, per Anthony DiComo.
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The Mets host the Giants this afternoon, with Zac Thornton starting for New York against Anthony Molina. Thornton is 3-4 with a 2.93 ERA and threw 5.0 shutout-adjacent innings his last time out against Houston, allowing 2 earned runs on 6 hits with 5 strikeouts and no decision. Molina is 2-0 with a 3.77 ERA and beat Atlanta in his last start, working 5.0 innings with 6 strikeouts and no walks.
The market has the Mets as favorites at home, and the total points to a low-scoring afternoon, which lines up with both starters' recent work. For that number to hold, it likely means another quiet day for Thornton against a Giants lineup that hasn't given the Mets much trouble, rather than a repeat of Friday's five-homer outburst.