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NEW YORK – Call the Giants the comeback kids. For the third straight game, San Francisco came back from a deficit of four points or more to win.
After two wins against the Pirates, the Giants turned things around against the Mets in an 8-7 victory at Citi Field on Friday night. According to the Elias Sports Office, the club has won three consecutive games after trailing by four or more points in each for the first time in its history, and is only the fourth team to achieve such success since 1900: The ’99 Marlins, ’61 Red Sox and ’32 Cardinals are the others. Ironically, the 1999 Marlins did this against the Giants from August 9-11 of that year.
Given that this is the regular season, Friday’s game will have Giants fans talking at least until Saturday’s game. San Francisco led 6-2 before facing New York reliever Reed Garrett in the top of the eighth inning. Thairo Estrada brought in Mike Yastrzemski – who singled to lead out of the frame – with a double to put runners at second and third. After Matt Chapman walked to load the bases, Patrick Bailey hit a grand slam to give the Giants a 7-6 lead. All points resulted in two outs.
“Obviously I was looking for something in-between that I could do some damage with,” Bailey said. “I managed to get some good momentum going.”
Manager Bob Melvin said: “It’s been the same thing for the last three days. We fight until the end. When we have guys on base, there’s a really good feeling in the dugout that someone is going to make a big hit. We had a few that inning, and obviously Bailey was huge.
San Francisco added to the lead an inning later when Yastrzemski hit a solo home run off Jorge López.
The run proved vital as the bottom of the ninth was a doozy. After DJ Stewart doubled and then scored on a one-out single by Francisco Lindor, the Mets made it difficult for closer Camilo Doval. Pete Alonso was the next batter, and he hit what looked like a routine double play to shortstop Marco Luciano, who let the ball slip past him on an error to put runners on first and third. .
“He had his glove going in the wrong direction. We’ll come back to that a little later,” Melvin said of Luciano’s mistake.
After Brandon Nimmo was intentionally walked to load the bases, JD Martinez struck out on three pitches. Then Mark Vientos took the count all the way down before hitting a slow roller to Chapman at third.
Melvin hoped the ball would cause a foul, but it stayed right. It looked like Vientos was going to beat the throw and Lindor was going to score the tying run. But Chapman made a great bare-handed catch and threw to first baseman LaMonte Wade Jr. to seal the victory.
Melvin has watched Chapman make great pieces for over eight years. Remember, they’ve worked together since their days with the A’s from 2017 to 2021. But the captain called this play one of the third baseman’s best.
“Maybe the best, because it’s a ball you hope will foul,” Melvin said. “It’s not a ball you play on. At some point he has to figure out if he has a chance, and I didn’t think he did and I’ve seen him make almost every play he’s ever made.
Chapman said it was the most excited he’s felt after making a great play.
“To have a takedown play on defense like that with the bases loaded, the game on the line, I think it’s probably the best, for sure,” he said. “I surprised myself a little there. It was just a lot of fun. I am happy to have won this victory.
What makes Chapman so good with the glove? He’s a tenacious defender with a fantastic arm. He can play deeper than any other third baseman because of his arm and that allows him to reach a lot of balls, according to Melvin.
“But where he started (on that play), you could see how far (Vientos) was progressing,” Melvin said. “…. I didn’t think he had a chance in this game. He closes as quickly as anyone.
The Giants have won seven of their last eight games and are now at the .500 mark with a 26-26 record. This is the first time the club has climbed back to .500 since going 2-2 on March 31. Getting revenge is a big deal for Melvin. There’s plenty of season left to make an impact in the National League West.
“We came on this road trip and we were hoping to do something like this: come home at .500 or a little better,” the skipper said. “We really had a tough game to start in Pittsburgh that took us three (games) under .500, which doesn’t really feel good. But to win three times in a row like that, like we did, is really good.