SF Giants rout the NY Mets for a series victory
The Giants’ Rafael Devers (Center Right) reacts after hitting a three run homer in the third inning of Sunday’s game against the Mets in New York. Seth Wenig/Associated Press
08.03.25 – The San Francisco Giants rout the New York Mets 12-4 on Sunday for a series victory as Rafael Devers snapped out of a slump with a homer and four RBIs.
With not quite two months left in the season, the best bets for the Giants’ wild-card hopes are showing signs of sparking to life.
And sure, had Jung-Hoo Lee and Devers started hitting two or three weeks ago, perhaps the Giants wouldn’t have traded three players last week at the deadline. But an on-base machine and a slugger are welcome any time and Sunday the two helped San Francisco take the series against the NL-East leading Mets, who own the best home record in the game and steamrolled the Giants at Oracle Park last week.
Devers’ three-run homer in the third got the ball rolling in the Giants’ victory and Lee had his first career four-hit game.
“This was a very important game, especially after not playing very well at home,” Devers said, with Erwin Higueros interpreting. “Taking the series from the Mets, it gives us a lot of motivation and inspiration to continue moving forward.”
Can the Giants, sellers at the deadline, still make the playoffs? Devers cut off the question before it was finished, saying, “Yes, I think the only thing we need to concentrate on is just winning series moving forward. And I think that we can still do it.”
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The San Francisco Giants pitcher Carson Whisenhunt threw 5⅓ innings against the NY Mets on Sunday in New York to secure his first career win. Seth Wenig/Associated Press
2025.08.03 (Giants vs. Mets) See Full Highlights
2025.08.03 (Giants vs. Mets) See Full Highlights
The new wrinkle for the Giants: Carson Whisenhunt, in his second start, earned his first big league win, going 5⅓ innings and allowing three hits and two runs (one earned), with four strikeouts and two walks. If he can get a little deeper into games and continue to keep teams off balance, the Giants might have a new member of the rotation. (Whisenhunt is pitching in the spot left open when Hayden Birdsong suddenly developed problems throwing strikes; Landen Roupp is out with elbow inflammation and not expected back for a few weeks at least.)
Whisenhunt got the traditional first-win beer shower, “and there was some applesauce and milk thrown in there, but no mustard or ketchup or anything,” he said.
He also got a delightful reaction from future Hall of Famer Justin Verlander after coming out of the game, and congratulations from fellow pitchers Robbie Ray and Logan Webb. “It was pretty cool,” Whisenhunt said.
Lee, who disappeared for long stretches of the season, had a walk and a steal to go along with his four hits and also scored two runs. His trend-line started to tick up this weekend as he went 7-for-12 in three games. He said after the game he’s working on trying to get back to being a contact hitter and trying to go the other way more.
“He’s kind of trying to figure out what works best for him right now,” manager Bob Melvin said. “Early in the season, he was driving some balls. I think here recently he’s maybe trying to get away from that a little bit. … I think that’s probably a prudent thing to do.”
Lee is advertised as an excellent bat-to-ball, contact-type hitter, and one indication the Giants are trying to encourage him to get back to that — or are taking advantage of the fact that he’s doing it a little better lately — came in the team’s three-run fourth, when Melvin put on a hit-and-run and Lee sent Casey Schmitt to third with a base hit to center.
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New York Mets Juan Soto Hits the ball in the four innings against the Giants on Sunday. Seth Wenig/Associated Press
2025.08.03 – Giants vs. Mets (NBC Sports post recap)
2025.08.03 – Giants vs. Mets (NBC Sports post recap)
“It’s crazy because every time the hit-and-run sign has been put down, I actually got a hit,” Lee said, with Justin Han interpreting.
Schmitt then scored on a grounder by Patrick Bailey, beating the throw to the plate with a nice slide; Heliot Ramos sent Lee in with an infield single and Devers pushed Bailey in with a base hit.
Devers, the biggest bat dealt during the summer, was a massive acquisition for a team in need of power, but entering Sunday he was batting .219 with four homers and 15 RBIs in his first 39 games with the Giants and the team was 14-25 with him in the lineup. “I haven’t been performing very well,” he said, “but I’m finally getting my timing.”
His homer, off Frankie Montas, rocketed into the second deck, and he followed that with singles in his next two at-bats (he was thrown out trying to stretch a double on the second) plus a walk. Schmitt added a three-run blast in San Francisco’s five-run ninth.
New reliever José Buttó turned in great work coming on in the sixth and working 1⅔ innings, allowing one hit and striking out three to help the Giants send his former club to just its fourth home series loss of the season. Joey Lucchesi, another former Met, added a scoreless inning but Ryan Walker, pitching in garbage time, gave up two runs with two outs in the ninth.
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The Giants’ Rafael Devers hits an RBI single in the fourth inning of Sunday’s game against the Mets in New York. Seth Wenig/Associated Press
2025.08.03 – Giants vs. Mets (Marty Lurie post recap)
2025.08.03 – Giants vs. Mets (Marty Lurie post recap)
Saturday, Roupp threw his first bullpen session since going on the IL retroactive to July 23. He’ll need at least one more before throwing to hitters and probably going on a quick rehab assignment. Reliever Erik Miller (elbow) will throw to hitters Monday.
The Giants did lose one potential pitching option Sunday when the Orioles claimed Carson Ragsdale off waivers. Reliever Sean Hjelle, designated for assignment Friday, cleared waivers and was outrighted to Sacramento.
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