NEW YORK -- Scuffing throughout the second half of April, and in particular on the road, the Giants made sure not to leave Flushing without a parting gift. Madison Bumgarner outpitched Noah Syndergaard on Sunday, Hunter Pence clubbed a two-run homer and the Giants snapped the Mets' eight-game winning streak with a 6-1 victory of their own at Citi Field.
Hardly dominant, Bumgarner was plenty good enough against a Mets team resting some of its top left-handed bats on a rainy afternoon. The Giants lefty stranded runners in scoring position in the first, third and sixth innings, freezing pinch-hitter Asdrubal Cabrera with a 91 mph fastball on his final pitch of the day in the sixth.
Syndergaard was unable to navigate trouble with quite the same success. His issues curbing the running game resurfaced via a troika of Giants stolen bases, though the biggest blow against Syndergaard was Pence's two-run, opposite-field home run in the fourth.
MOMENTS THAT MATTERED
Get moving: San Francisco's three-run outburst in the fourth inning was made possible by putting Buster Posey in motion on a 3-2 pitch to Brandon Belt. Posey pulled in safely at second base, preventing an inning-ending double play and enabling Matt Duffy to score from third. Pence followed with his opposite-field home run to right. The Giants remained running-conscious all afternoon, stealing a season-high four bases.
Rally cut short: A Juan Lagares leadoff double in the seventh breathed life into the Citi Field crowd, which grew even louder when David Wright followed with an RBI single. But Giants manager Bruce Bochy's mix-and-match game worked to perfection when Michael Conforto flied out against lefty Javier Lopez, and Yoenis Cespedes hit into an inning-ending double play against right-hander Cory Gearrin. An inning later, the Mets stranded two more runners versus lefty Josh Osich.
WHAT'S NEXT
Giants: The second half of San Francisco's two-city, six-game trip opens Monday at 4:10 p.m. PT in Cincinnati, which is no longer a place for the Giants to fear. They lost eight of nine games at Great American Ball Park from 2011-13 but finished 5-2 there in the last two seasons.
Mets: The Mets' stretch of 17 games in 17 days continues Monday with a 7:10 p.m. ET match at Citi Field against the Braves. Bartolo Colon will take his third crack at career win No. 220, which would move him into second place all-time among Dominican-born pitchers.
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Anthony DiComo has covered the Mets for MLB.com since 2008. Follow him on Twitter @AnthonyDiComo and Facebook, and listen to his podcast.
Chris Haft has covered the Giants since 2005, and for MLB.com since 2007. Follow him on Twitter at @sfgiantsbeat and listen to his podcast.
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