Giants face Tyler Rogers for the first time, get clobbered by Mets 12-6
To add to their hurt, longtime Giants reliever Tyler Rogers made his first appearance for the Mets in their 12-6 victory at Citifield, allowing a single to leadoff man Heliot Ramos before retiring the next three hitters. It was Rogers' first outing ever for a club other than San Francisco.
On the San Francisco side, it was a relatively new Giants reliever, Matt Gage, who allowed the Mets' game-tying and go-ahead hits when he came in with two on and one out in the fourth. Brandon Nimmo's single made it 4-4, and Francisco Lindor's bunt toward first sent in the second run of the inning. Dom Smith charged the ball, but Gage didn't cover first and Smith couldn't get any outs on the play. (Gage then got Juan Soto to ground out sharply into an inning-ending double play.)
San Francisco's bullpen allowed seven more after that, Grant McCray made a throwing error in the eighth, and the Giants, who scored runs in the second, third and fourth innings, couldn't add on against the Mets relief corps until Willy Adames homered with two outs and one on in the ninth.
The series brings a lot of old-home vibes; reliever José Buttó made his first appearance for the Giants on Friday after coming over in that Rogers deal, Dom Smith, a former Mets player, knocked in the game-winner for San Francisco in the 10th Friday and crunched a two-run homer off Senga on Saturday, and Wilmer Flores, who remains a fan favorite in New York, had two hits and a walk Friday before leaving with hamstring tightness.
Flores said Saturday that he doesn't believe he'll need an IL stint for the minor hamstring tightness he incurred beating out an infield single the night before, and manager Bob Melvin said he believed Flores might even be available to pinch hit this weekend.
Flores continues to get big cheers in Mets-land long after leaving as a free agent in 2019. He became something of a folk hero in 2015 when he cried on the field after hearing he'd been traded; that deal with the Brewers wound up not going through, but Flores' reaction endeared him to New Yorkers. 'When you ask people about me here, they only remember me crying,' he said with a smile.
Buttó was spotted looking upset in the bullpen after learning he'd been sent away Wednesday, shades of Flores 10 years later. 'The first time you're traded is hard,' Flores said, 'but it's a fantasy to think you're going to play for one team your entire career.'
Flores was, along with Justin Verlander, one of the pending free agents not to be traded at the deadline; he has '10 and five' rights, in the league 10-plus years and with his current team five years, so he could turn down any deal, but he said he had not been approached to do so. 'I'm glad I'm still here,' he said. 'They've treated me right.'
It's likely the Giants fielded calls on Flores and didn't have interest in moving him, given his value as a clutch pinch hitter and a respected team leader, especially for the Latin players.
Melvin said he hadn't been alerted to interest in Flores but said, 'I'm sure there were teams inquiring about him.'
Outfielder-first baseman Jerar Encarnacion's rehab assignment at Triple-A Sacramento ended Saturday, so he's expected to join the team in New York. He's a right-handed hitter, meaning that unless Flores goes on the IL, Luis Matos is the most likely player to be sent out.
Encarnacion was hitting .348 in his most recent rehab assignment as he returns from an oblique strain, and he was riding a six-game hitting streak going into Saturday.
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