Mets Beat Giants 4-1 Behind Three Homers and Verlander

Mets RHP Justin Verlander (Photo Credits to Brad Penner-USA Today Sports)

 The New York Mets beat the San Francisco Giants 4-1 this afternoon at Citi Field to snap their three-game losing streak and improved their record to 37-46.

The Met offense was held scoreless for the first two innings against RHP Anthony DeScalfani, but came alive in the bottom of the third.

Catcher Francisco Alvarez hit a solo homer with one out and two batters CF Brandon Nimmo hit a solo homer.

SS Francisco Lindor followed with a solo homer of his own for third homer of the inning.

In the bottom of the fourth, 1B Pete Alonso walked to lead off the inning and two batters later, LF Tommy Pham continued his torrid stretch with a RBI double.

RHP Justin Verlander cruised through the first six innings, but ran into trouble in the top  of the seventh after he gave up a lead-off single to 3B J.D. Davis and then later in the inning reached third on an error by Alonso.

Verlander then gave up a RBI ground-out to Thairo Estrada after he grounded into a double play.

Verlander then gave up a double to DH Blake Sabol and walked LF Austin Slater, but came back to strike out SS Brandon Crawford to end the inning and was then taken out.

His final line was seven innings, five hits, one run, one walk and six strikeouts.

He picked up his third win and lowered his ERA to 3.66.

RHP Drew Smith followed with a scoreless top of the eighth.

RHP Adam Ottavino closed it out with a scoreless top of the ninth and picked up his sixth save.

The Mets next game is tomorrow night, Sunday July 2, at home against the Giants on ESPN Sunday Night Baseball at 7:10 p.m.