With a 5-3 loss on Sunday evening, the Giants were swept by the New York Mets. They dropped to 54-52 on the season, falling three games back of the final Wild Card spot. They’ve lost seven of their first nine games in the second half, and nine of their last 11 going back to the first half.

Star lefty David Peterson pitched out of trouble for six effective innings and the New York Mets held off the San Francisco Giants 2-1 for their sixth consecutive victory.

Called upon to protect a one-run lead in the ninth, Edwin Diaz allowed a one-out double off the rightfield wall by Jung-Hoo Lee. After pinch hitter Mike Yastrzemski struck out swinging, Patrick Bailey hit a bullet to first base that was snagged by a leaping Alonso on the backhand to end the game.

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Just hearing things around the league and especially my Mets counterpart Will Sammon is really clued in,” Baggarly said. “He’s a really hard worker. One of our most plugged in beat writers I think in terms of what teams are thinking around the league.

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