SAN FRANCISCO \u2014 In a flash, the Mets showed the offensive firepower Sunday that gives them a chance for excellence.<\/p>\n
Between a talented rookie hitting a ball into McCovey Cove behind Oracle Park and the highest-paid player in major league history launching a go-ahead blast later in that seventh inning, the Mets were quite the show \u2014 and more importantly for their mission, quite successful.<\/p>\n
That power display by Ronny Mauricio and Juan Soto led a 5-3 comeback victory over the Giants to complete the series sweep. The Mets extended their winning streak to seven games, matching a season high, and moved 1 \u00bd games ahead of the Phillies for first place in the NL East.<\/p>\n
It was the latest positive sign the Mets have seen from the 24-year-old Mauricio in his comeback from a lost season due to multiple knee surgeries and a needed contribution from Soto, who had tiptoed quietly over the past week.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe never feel we are out of a game,\u201d manager Carlos Mendoza said, responding to a question about the lineup\u2019s firepower.<\/p>\n
Mets\u2019 Juan Soto, right, celebrates in front of San Francisco Giants catcher Patrick Bailey, left, after hitting a home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Sunday, July 27, 2025. AP<\/p>\n
Ronny Mauricio #10 of the New York Mets hits an RBI double scoring Francisco Alvarez #4 against the San Francisco Giants in the top of the fifth inning at Oracle Park on July 27, 2025 in San Francisco, California. Getty Images<\/p>\n
Mauricio finished 4-for-4 with two RBIs \u2014 his first career four-hit game \u2014 to lead the 12-hit Mets attack.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s been working on his swing, putting everything together to come through,\u201d Soto said.<\/p>\n
Kodai Senga, in his third start off the injured list, extended to 92 pitches, which took him through five innings. The right-hander allowed three earned runs on four hits and five walks with three strikeouts as his ERA increased to 2.00.<\/p>\n
Senga indicated he was largely pleased with his outing, but the walks were an issue.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust a lot of noncompetitive pitches \u2014 those don\u2019t help,\u201d Senga said through his interpreter. \u201cIf I can minimize those, it\u2019s going to help going forward.\u201d<\/p>\n
Francisco Lindor\u2019s RBI groundout in the third gave the Mets a 1-0 lead. Francisco Alvarez and Mauricio singled in succession to begin the rally, but after Lindor brought in the first run with one out, Soto struck out to end the inning.<\/p>\n
Matt Chapman\u2019s homer leading off the bottom of the fourth tied it 1-1. Senga fell behind 2-0 in the count before throwing a cutter that Chapman launched over the fence in left-center.<\/p>\n
New York Mets\u2019 Francisco Alvarez celebrates after hitting a double against the San Francisco Giants during the fifth inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Sunday, July 27, 2025. AP<\/p>\n
Alvarez and Mauricio delivered consecutive doubles to lead off the fifth that gave the Mets a 2-1 lead. Joey Lucchesi entered and got the final three outs without Mauricio scoring.<\/p>\n
Chapman\u2019s second homer of the game, a two-run blast in the fifth, put the Mets in a 3-2 hole. Willy Adames stroked a two-out single before Chapman smashed a first-pitch fastball for the seventh homer allowed by Senga this season and third in his past two starts.<\/p>\n
Mauricio\u2019s splash hit \u2014 a shot into the San Francisco Bay beyond the right field wall leading off the seventh \u2014 tied it 3-3. Soto unloaded with two outs, clearing the left field fence for his 25th homer of the season, putting the Mets ahead 4-3.<\/p>\n
Kodai Senga #34 of the New York Mets pitches against the San Francisco Giants in the bottom of the first inning at Oracle Park on July 27, 2025 in San Francisco, California. Getty Images<\/p>\n
\u201c[Soto] was talking about hitting the ball into the water, but he hit it to the other side,\u201d Mauricio said. \u201cThat\u2019s not fair.\u201d<\/p>\n
Soto said he enjoyed chattering with Maurico leading into the at-bat.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were going back and forth, just having fun with it,\u201d Soto said. \u201cWe just tried to do our best, but he wanted to hit one in the water. He told me that from the beginning.\u201d<\/p>\n
Edwin D\u00edaz throws against the San Francisco Giants during the first ninth inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Sunday, July 27, 2025. AP<\/p>\n
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Reed Garrett allowed a leadoff single to Adames in the eighth before getting two outs. Brooks Raley entered to face pinch hitter Wilmer Flores, whose infield single put the go-ahead run on base before Patrick Bailey was retired to end the threat.<\/p>\n
Mauricio\u2019s fourth hit, a double leading off the ninth, led to the fifth Mets run, with Brandon Nimmo delivering an RBI single.<\/p>\n
Edwin D\u00edaz loaded the bases in the ninth before striking out Adames and Chapman to end the game. D\u00edaz\u2019s final pitch was a 98 mph fastball that Chapman swung at and missed. The All-Star closer had walked two in the inning and hit a batter to give the Giants life with one out before recording his 23rd save in 25 chances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN FRANCISCO \u2014 In a flash, the Mets showed the offensive firepower Sunday that gives them a chance…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":42328,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[33986,7842,33987,363,1189,33988,2329,99,33989],"class_list":["post-42327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-jeff-mcneil","tag-juan-soto","tag-kodai-senga","tag-mlb","tag-new-york-mets","tag-ronny-mauricio","tag-san-francisco-giants","tag-sports","tag-starling-marte"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}