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Mets 2, Giants 1, 11 Innings
SAN FRANCISCO — Steven Matz struck out a career-high 11 batters and Mets went on to beat the San Francisco Giants, 2-1, in 11 innings on Saturday.
Wilmer Flores doubled to left off Giants reliever Hunter Strickland (3-4) to lead off the 11th. He went to third when Jay Bruce grounded out to second against the shift, and scored on Todd Frazier’s fly ball to left.
Jerry Blevins (2-2) pitched a scoreless 10th, and closer Robert Gsellman worked the 11th for his ninth save.
Brandon Nimmo made a diving catch in right field, robbing Austin Slater of a hit to end the game.
The Mets have won six of their last seven games at AT&T Park.
Slater was 2 for 5 and Evan Longoria homered for the Giants. Longoria hit his 15th home run leading off the bottom of the fourth on a 2-1 sinker that Matz left over the heart of the plate.
Tomas Nido was 2 for 4 with a run-scoring double off Giants starter Derek Holland in the fifth.
Holland gave up one run in six innings of three-hit ball in which he walked three. Matz gave up one run in seven innings of three-hit ball.
After Longoria’s home run, the Giants did not advance a runner into scoring position until 35-year-old outfielder Hunter Pence reached on a one-out walk off Blevins in the 10th and stole second with Joe Panik up with two outs.
Blevins got Panik to fly out to left.
The beleaguered Mets bullpen combined for four shutout innings of no-hit ball. Going into Saturday, Mets relievers were tagged for 26 earned runs in their last 11 innings, for a 21.27 earned run average over that stretch.
The left-handed-hitting infielder Jeff McNeil was not in the starting lineup against the left-handed Holland. Mets Manager Mickey Callaway said he would rest other left-handed hitters during a stretch in which the team will face left-handed starters in three of its next four games. The Mets have faced 37 left-handed starters, matching their 2017 total. They are 15-22 against them.
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