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Alvarez hits 2 homers and Mets go deep 5 times to back McLean in 10-6 win over Giants

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Beach, J. (2026, September 5). Alvarez hits 2 homers and Mets go deep 5 times to back McLean in 10-6 win over Giants. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/sports/baseball/alvarez-hits-2-homers-and-mets-go-deep-5-times-to-back-mclean-in-10-6-win-over-giants/article_adb203f7-f2d8-5419-af97-ff9ba1d8966f.html

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Francisco Alvarez hit two home runs for the New York Mets in their 10-6 win over the San Francisco Giants on Friday night. The Mets also had three other players hit home runs: Mark Vientos, Bo Bichette, and Francisco Lindor. Rafael Devers led the Giants with five RBIs, including a three-run homer. This article reports on the game's details from the perspective of a baseball score reporter, providing a factual account of the events that unfolded in the matchup between the two teams.

Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-09-05, using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the same event (that is the story summary below).

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Story summary

The New York Mets won two consecutive games against the San Francisco Giants, first winning 10-6 on Friday night with five home runs, including two from catcher Francisco Alvarez, and then rallying to win 4-2 on Sunday in a game where Bo Bichette hit a go-ahead three-run homer in the eighth inning. The Mets have been playing well since August 3, when they were 13 games under .500 but are now 17-11 in their last 28 games. The Giants, who were sold at the trade deadline and have lost 10 of their last 19 games, were led by Rafael Devers' five RBIs on Friday night.

Written for “Mets vs Giants Baseball” on 2026-10-22, grounded in this article and the 3 other(s) covering the same event.

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“Both articles report on the Mets' 10-6 win over the Giants on September 5, 2026, with Alvarez hitting two home runs in both accounts.”

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Who wrote this

Jerry Beach

13 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction

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Topics

Giants Mets NEW YORK New York’s San Francisco

Subjects

Giants ORG · 3× McLean PERSON · 3× Mets ORG · 3× Alvarez PERSON · 2× NEW YORK GPE · 2× San Francisco GPE · 2× Francisco Alvarez PERSON · 1× New York’s GPE · 1× Nolan McLean PERSON · 1× the San Francisco Giants ORG · 1×

Narrative

Vientos’ three-run shot off rookie Matt Wilkinson (0-3) in the first was his second homer in four games since returning from a nearly two-month stint on the injured list due to a broken right hand.

framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-09-05

🔮 New York also connected five times May 14 against Detroit and Aug. 22 at the Chicago White Sox.

2026-09-05 · Toronto Star

Alvarez hits 2 homers and Mets go deep 5 times to back McLean in 10-6 win over Giants · assertive framing

Claims (17 extracted, 1 hedged)

NEW YORK (AP) — Francisco Alvarez hit two of New York’s five home runs Friday night, leading Nolan McLean and the Mets to a 10-6 win over the San Francisco Giants. asserted

Alvarez → hit → Giants

Mark Vientos, Bo Bichette and Francisco Lindor also went deep for the Mets, who scored 10 runs for the second consecutive game and matched their season high for homers. asserted

who → go → homers

New York also connected five times May 14 against Detroit and Aug. 22 at the Chicago White Sox. uncertain

York → connect → Sox

Rafael Devers homered, doubled twice and drove in five runs for the Giants in a series opener between disappointing teams. asserted

Devers → homer → teams

The 24-year-old catcher also went deep twice to back a 10-3 win by McLean on April 3 in San Francisco. asserted

catcher → go → Francisco

He batted just .125 (7 for 56) with two doubles in between. asserted

He → bat → between

Vientos’ three-run shot off rookie Matt Wilkinson (0-3) in the first was his second homer in four games since returning from a nearly two-month stint on the injured list due to a broken right hand. asserted

shot → return → hand

Bichette homered to cap a four-run outburst in the second. asserted

Bichette → homer → second

He is batting .309 with 10 homers and 40 RBIs in his last 78 games. asserted

He → bat → games

Lindor had two hits — his first multihit game since Aug. 25. asserted

Lindor → have → Aug.

McLean (11-8) gave up two runs and six hits with seven strikeouts and four walks. asserted

McLean → give → strikeouts

He threw a career-high 105 pitches over six innings. asserted

He → throw → innings

Devers hit a two-run double off McLean and a three-run homer off reliever Austin Warren. asserted

Devers → hit → Warren

The slugger’s 33 homers are the most by a Giants player since Barry Bonds had 45 in 2004. asserted

Bonds → have → 2004

Turner Hill added an RBI single for San Francisco. asserted

Hill → add → Francisco

Wilkinson allowed seven runs (four earned) and five hits in three innings. asserted

Wilkinson → allow → innings

Giants RHP Anthony Molina (2-0, 3.77 ERA) faces Mets LHP Zac Thornton (3-4, 2.93) in the middle game of the series Saturday. asserted

Molina → face → series