Bo Bichette delivered the biggest swing of the afternoon, and the Mets made it stand up.
Bichette launched a go-ahead three-run homer in the eighth inning to finish off a four-run rally, lifting the host New York Mets to a 4-2 win over the San Francisco Giants on Sunday in the rubber game of their three-game series.
The comeback started with Brett Baty, who opened the eighth with a pinch-hit home run for the last-place Mets. It was Baty’s second career pinch-hit homer, and it cracked open a game in which New York had been held to four hits through seven innings.
A.J. Ewing followed with a single and advanced to second on Luis Torrens’ bunt.
Ewing, the only player in the game to collect multiple hits, then moved to third when Jung Hoo Lee made a sliding catch in right field to rob Francisco Lindor. Juan Soto was intentionally walked, setting the stage for Bichette’s blast on an 0-1 pitch.
The shot traveled 412 feet into the left-field seats, giving Bichette his second homer of the series and his sixth in his last 29 games. He had hit 10 homers in his first 112 games.
The late surge turned Tobias Myers into the winning pitcher. Myers, recalled from Triple-A Syracuse just hours earlier, worked a one-hit eighth inning to improve to 1-2. Kodai Senga then finished it off with a perfect ninth, striking out one for his sixth save in as many chances.
San Francisco had taken control early behind Jung Hoo Lee, whose two-run single in the fourth put the Giants ahead. Bryce Eldridge and Jonah Cox singled before scoring on Lee’s hit to right during a six-pitch stretch that gave the visitors their only runs.
Christian Scott gave the Mets a solid start, allowing two runs on four hits and no walks while striking out seven over 4 2/3 innings. He retired the first 11 batters he faced before the Giants broke through in the fourth.
On the other side, Cesar Perdomo was sharp in his second big-league appearance and first start. The 24-year-old left-hander allowed three hits, walked one and struck out four over six innings, and the Mets never pushed a runner past first against him.
The win gave the Mets six series wins in their last 10 since dealing eight major leaguers at the trade deadline, while the Giants dropped four of their last six.
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