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Bo Bichette hits 3-run homer in 8th inning as Mets rally past Giants 4-2

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Fleisher, L. (2026, September 6). Bo Bichette hits 3-run homer in 8th inning as Mets rally past Giants 4-2. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/sports/baseball/bo-bichette-hits-3-run-homer-in-8th-inning-as-mets-rally-past-giants-4-2/article_da12549f-6a5a-5d73-bfae-cb25281901c4.html

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Bo Bichette hit a go-ahead three-run homer with two outs in the eighth inning, leading the New York Mets to a 4-2 comeback victory over the San Francisco Giants on Sunday. The Mets scored three runs in the eighth inning after falling behind 2-1. César Perdomo pitched six strong innings for the Giants in his first big league start, allowing only one run on three singles. Bo Bichette's 16th home run of the season proved to be the game-winner for the Mets.

Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-09-07, 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.

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Larry Fleisher

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Topics

Giants Mets NEW YORK San Francisco the New York Mets

Subjects

Soto PERSON · 4× Giants ORG · 3× Mets ORG · 3× Bichette PERSON · 2× NEW YORK GPE · 2× Perdomo PERSON · 2× San Francisco GPE · 2× Bo Bichette PERSON · 1× Juan Soto PERSON · 1× the New York Mets ORG · 1×

Narrative

NEW YORK (AP) — Bo Bichette launched a go-ahead three-run homer with two outs in the eighth inning after an intentional walk to Juan Soto, and the New York Mets rallied for a 4-2 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Sunday.

framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-09-07

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Bo Bichette hits 3-run homer in 8th inning as Mets rally past Giants 4-2 · assertive framing

Claims (16 extracted, 0 hedged)

Mets → launch → Sunday

Brett Baty opened the inning by hitting his second career pinch-hit homer when his drive off Carson Seymour (0-2) cleared the left-field fence by a few feet. asserted

drive → open → feet

A.J. Ewing followed with a single and was sacrificed to second by Luis Torrens. asserted

Ewing → follow → Torrens

After right fielder Jung Hoo Lee made a sliding catch on Francisco Lindor’s sinking liner, the Giants intentionally walked Soto after Seymour threw two pitches out of the strike zone. asserted

Seymour → make → zone

Bichette then hammered an 0-1 slider into the left-field seats for his 16th homer. asserted

Bichette → hammer → homer

Tobias Myers (1-2) stranded a runner in the eighth for his first win with the Mets after being promoted from Triple-A Syracuse before the game. asserted

Myers → strand → game

Kodai Senga pitched a perfect ninth for his sixth save in six chances. asserted

Senga → pitch → chances

New York starter Christian Scott lasted 4 2/3 innings. asserted

Scott → last → innings

The right-hander permitted three of his four hits in the fourth, when the Giants went ahead on Lee’s bloop single that scored two runs. asserted

that → permit → runs

San Francisco rookie César Perdomo held the Mets to three singles in six innings during an impressive first big league start. asserted

Perdomo → hold → start

Perdomo gave up a one-out single to Soto before ending the first with strikeouts of Bichette and rookie Carson Benge. asserted

Perdomo → give → Bichette

The left-hander stranded a runner by getting Soto on a popup to end the third. asserted

hander → strand → third

The 24-year-old Perdomo completed his outing by retiring Soto on a double-play grounder after walking Lindor. asserted

Perdomo → complete → Lindor

Up next Giants RHP Logan Webb (8-8, 4.21 ERA) opposes Cardinals RHP Michael McGreevy (6-9, 3.97) on Monday in San Francisco. asserted

Webb → oppose → Francisco

Mets RHP Jonah Tong (1-1, 3.60 ERA) will be recalled from the minors to make his sixth major league start and first this season Monday in Miami. asserted

Tong → recall → Miami

RHP Eury Pérez (7-10, 3.72) goes for the Marlins. asserted

Pérez → go → Marlins