Dom Smith beat his former team Friday night, smacking an RBI single in the 10th inning off Edwin Díaz to lift the San Francisco Giants to a 4-3 victory over the Mets in front of a sellout crowd of 42,777 at Citi Field.
The Mets had a late chance with the Fab Four coming up in their half of the 10th inning. The top of the order had started a rally in the eighth inning, but couldn’t do it again. The Mets left the bases loaded in the 10th inning when Ronny Mauricio struck out for the final out against Giants closer Randy Rodriguez.
It was the fourth straight loss for the Mets, who fell to 62-48.
Here are the takeaways…
-The Mets rallied for two runs in the eighth inning, thanks to the top of their lineup. With one out, Brandon Nimmo walked and Francisco Lindor lined a single to right. Juan Soto hit a ball off the foot of Giants reliever Joey Lucchesi, the former Met, and the ball bounded into left field for an RBI single. Pete Alonso followed with a sac fly to center off Jose Butto – his Mets teammate as recently as two days ago – to knot the score at 3-3. Lindor had been in a 0-for-13 slide before his hit and Soto had been 0-for-8.
-With the Mets trailing, 3-0, in the seventh, Pete Alonso led off with a rocket over the fence in right-center, his 23rd home run of the season. It was also the 249th of his career, bringing him within three home runs of tying Darryl Strawberry’s franchise record of 252. Before the homer, which traveled 414 feet and had an exit velocity of 110.1 miles per hour, according to Statcast, Alonso had been mired in a 0-for-19 skid. It was Alonso’s second homer since July 10.
-In his first inning of work as a Met, Ryan Helsley, acquired from the Cardinals this week, allowed two singles but struck out three in a scoreless ninth with the score tied. His high-octane fastball, which got as high as 101.4 miles per hour, finished off one strikeout and his slider ended the other two. Fans seemed entertained.
–David Peterson, perhaps predictably, pitched well yet again and provided the Mets some length. He gave up two runs and four hits over six innings and has now thrown at least six innings 14 times this season. Except for a slight wobble in the second inning, Peterson did not give the Giants much. In that frame, he walked the leadoff man, Matt Chapman, and then gave up a single to Wilmer Flores and then an RBI double to Casey Schmitt. The second Giant run scored on Jung Hoo Lee’s RBI grounder and broke Peterson’s streak of four straight starts allowing one earned run or fewer. Friday’s start was Peterson’s 21st of the season, matching his career high set in each of the previous two seasons. He also achieved a new career-best for innings pitched in a single season with 127. He started the night with 121 innings, the exact number he set as a personal best last year.
-Friday was the first time all season the Mets had lost a home start by Peterson. They had won the first 10. It is the second-longest such streak in club history, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. In 1989, the Mets won the first 11 games started by David Cone.
-Mark Vientos extended his hitting streak to 10 games with a single to center with one out in the fifth. It was the Mets’ first hit of the game off Ray. One out later, Luis Torrens singled up the middle to give the Mets two baserunners, by Tyrone Taylor grounded out to end the inning.
-In the sixth inning, Alonso missed a foul pop-up by Flores and was charged with an error. It was harmless, though, as Flores flew to right shortly thereafter and the Mets escaped the inning unscathed.
-Giants lefty Robbie Ray, who lost to the Mets last Saturday in San Francisco, threw seven sharp innings, allowing only one run and four hits. Ray struck out six and walked one and lowered his ERA to 2.85.
Game MVP: Dom Smith
Smith played for the Mets from 2017-22. His clutch pinch-hit extended his hitting streak to six games and made him 11-for-his-last-33 (.333).
Highlights
The Mets are on the board with Pete Alonso's 249th career home run! pic.twitter.com/eMYcFtI9Bw
— SNY (@SNYtv) August 2, 2025
Juan Soto brings home a run!
The tying run is at third! pic.twitter.com/2td8zlhJBn
— SNY (@SNYtv) August 2, 2025
Pete Alonso hits a sacrifice fly to tie the game in the 8th! pic.twitter.com/R5ThRQkb70
— SNY (@SNYtv) August 2, 2025
Ryan Helsley escapes trouble and strikes out three in the 9th! pic.twitter.com/iaMobnCVZr
— SNY (@SNYtv) August 2, 2025
What's next
The Mets continue their three-game set on Saturday. First pitch is set for 4:10 p.m.
Kodai Senga (7-3, 2.00 ERA) will take the mound against Kai-Wei Teng, making his season debut.
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