July 8th 2015 -- Mets 4, Giants 1

Wednesday afternoon in San Francisco, a throwing error by Brandon Crawford allowed Ruben Tejada to score the go head run in the 6^th inning, the Mets take 2 of 3 from the Giants with a 4-1 win. Jacob deGrom pitched like the All-Star he is going 8 shutout innings allowing 2 hits walking 1 and striking out 10.  Jake Peavy started for the Giants and was matching deGrom until the sixth when Tejada came home with the unearned run.  In the 7^th Juan Lagares brought home the 2^nd run on a fielder’s choice.  Eric Campbell hit a 2 run homer in the 9^th to cap the scoring, his 3^rd on the year at the first homer by a Met other that Curtis Granderson in 15 games. Peavy goes 7 innings allowing 6 hits 2 runs (1 earned) walking 1 and striking out 5. deGrom improves to 9-6 and drops his era to 2.14. Bobby Parnell pitched the 9^th in a non-safe situation and yielded a RBI single by Hunter Pence. Jeury Familia was then beckoned to finish the 9^th and earn his 24^th save.  Peavy falls to 0-4 for the Giants. The Met offense scattered 7 singles and scratched out the 2 runs to win it. With the win the Mets improve to 44-42 and are now 15-28 on the road and surprisingly take 4 of 6 on this California road swing. The Nats were postponed to the Mets gain a half game and now trail by 3 in 2nd place in the east. The Braves lost, so the Mets now lead the Braves by 1 1/2 games. Next up the Mets come home for the a 3 game set with the Diamondbacks that will lead into the All-Star Break.  Friday night Noah Syndergaard (3-4  3.38) goes for the Mets, Chase Anderson (4-2 3.71) goes for Arizona.