3 days, 3 rallies: Giants make history with crazy comeback vs. Mets

NEW YORK — Call the Giants the comeback kids. For the third game in a row, San Francisco came back from a deficit of four or more runs to win.

After getting two victories against the Pirates, the Giants turned the tables on the Mets in an 8-7 victory at Citi Field on Friday night. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the club had never before won three consecutive games after trailing by four or more runs in each.

San Francisco was down 6-2 before facing New York reliever Reed Garrett in the top of the eighth inning. Thairo Estrada brought home Mike Yastrzemski — who singled to lead off the frame — with a double to put runners on second and third. After Matt Chapman walked to load the bases, Patrick Bailey hit a grand slam to give the Giants a 7-6 lead. All the runs came with two outs.

San Francisco added to the lead an inning later when Yastrzemski hit a solo homer off Jorge López. The run proved vital when New York plated one in a bottom of the ninth that saw seven Mets batters come to the plate before Chapman’s stunning barehand and throw to first with the bases loaded sealed the win.

The Giants have won six of their last seven games and are now at the .500 mark with a 26-26 record. This is the first time the club has climbed back to .500 since it was 2-2 back on March 31.