Mets 4, Giants 1
SAN FRANCISCO -- All-Star right-hander Jacob deGrom combined with two relievers on a five-hitter Wednesday, leading the New York Mets to a 4-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants.
Eric Campbell scored off Giants right-hander Jake Peavy in the seventh inning then belted a two-run, game-clinching home run off reliever Jean Machi in the ninth inning. That enabled the Mets to win two out of three in a series that featured two shutouts.
Pitching in front of National League All-Star manager Bruce Bochy, deGrom (9-6) became just the league's seventh nine-game winner. In doing so, he lowered his ERA to 2.14, the fifth-best mark in the NL.
The Mets' lone All-Star representative pitched eight shutout innings for the second time in his last three starts and the fourth time this season. He walked one, struck out 10 and allowed just two hits -- a second-inning double by right fielder Hunter Pence and a fifth-inning single by first baseman Brandon Belt.
The double-digit strikeout effort was the seventh of deGrom's career; three have come this year.
Closer Jeurys Familia recorded his 24th save by getting the final two outs after the Giants had scored against the Mets' first reliever, right-hander Bobby Parnell.
Familia allowed a two-out single to Belt, putting runners at the corners and bringing catcher Andrew Susac to the plate as the potential tying run. Familia got Susac to ground out to second base to complete a 4-2 Western swing for the Mets.
Pence had singled in second baseman Joe Panik earlier in the inning, ending the Mets' shutout bid.
Peavy, making just his second start since returning from a back injury, matched zeroes with deGrom until a throwing error by Giants shortstop Brandon Crawford allowed the game's first run to score in the sixth inning.
Shortstop Ruben Tejada got just the Mets' third hit off Peavy, a single with one out in the sixth, before third baseman Daniel Murphy hit a grounder to Crawford's right. The defensive ace dived to make the stop but overthrew second base, and the ball rolled into the New York bullpen down the right-field line.
Tejada was able to score all the way from first base. The run was unearned.
DeGrom contributed a hit-and-run single to the Mets' second run. His hit sent Campbell, who had singled, to third, from where he scored on a fielder's choice grounder by center fielder Juan Lagares.
Peavy (0-4) was pulled after seven innings. He gave up two runs (one earned) on six hits, walked one and struck out five.
Campbell's home run, his third of the season, followed a leadoff single by catcher Kevin Plawecki in the top of the ninth and made it a 4-0 game.
Campbell finished with two of the Mets' eight hits. Pence and Belt combined for four of the Giants' five hits.
The loss was the Giants' eighth in their last nine games.
NOTES: Mets OF/1B Michael Cuddyer (sore left knee) was out of the starting lineup for the second consecutive day. He is scheduled to be examined in New York upon the team's return Thursday. ... The Mets wrap up the first half at home Friday through Sunday against the Arizona Diamondbacks. ... Giants manager Bruce Bochy held C Buster Posey (sore right hamstring) and CF Angel Pagan (bruised left knee) out of his starting lineup. After a day off Thursday, Posey and Pagan are expected back when the Giants complete a stretch of 12 games against the National League East with a three-game series against the Philadelphia Phillies.