SAN FRANCISCO – The hot bats that were cooled a day earlier in Los Angeles didn’t get much warmer at blustery Oracle Park on Monday.
Pete Alonso’s fifth-inning home run created thunder and there was a brief ninth-inning rally, but that was about all the Mets could celebrate in a 5-2 loss to the Giants.
The loss was the Mets’ second straight, marking their first losing streak since their 0-5 start.
They are 2-2 on this West Coast trip.
Keaton Winn was the villain on this night, pitching into the seventh inning and allowing one run, a day after Tyler Glasnow fired eight shutout innings against them at Dodger Stadium.
The Mets managed only four hits against Winn and the Giants bullpen.
Jose Quintana turned in a second straight underwhelming performance by a Mets starting pitcher by allowing five earned runs over five-plus innings.
A day earlier Adrian Houser surrendered eight earned runs over four innings in a loss to the Dodgers.
On this night Quintana walked three batters, continuing a trend of Mets starting pitchers issuing free passes.