Game Chat: Mets vs. Giants, 7:10 P.M.

Sunday, July 27, 2025 • 7:10 PM
Oracle Park • San Francisco, CA
RHP Kodai Senga (7-3, 1.79) vs. LHP Matt Gage (0-0, 0.00)
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The New York Mets go for the sweep Sunday tonight in San Francisco. Saturday night was a much closer game than Friday night with the Mets holding on to a 2-1 lead. David Peterson and Robbie Ray, both 2025 All-Stars, delivered fantastic performances constantly weaving in and out of trouble. Then the bullpens for both clubs were essentially flawless. The Mets’ bullpen allowed one hit and the Giants allowed two hits.

Now, the Mets look to complete the sweep and hold on to their first-place lead in the division. Pressure continues to build on the Giants who have now lost nine of their last 12 games. They need to do a bullpen game Sunday followed by a spot-starter game Monday. A win tonight for the Mets puts them in a great position to take the season series and the tiebreaker from the Giants next week at Citi Field.

Mets Lineup

1. Brandon Nimmo – LF
2. Francisco Lindor – SS
3. Juan Soto – RF
4. Pete Alonso – 1B
5. Jeff McNeil – CF
6. Starling Marte – DH
7. Brett Baty – 2B
8. Francisco Alvarez – C
9. Ronny Mauricio – 3B

Kodai Senga looks to rebound. Senga is coming off of his worst start of the season allowing four runs from four hits and three walks over three innings of work against the Los Angles Angels last week. He has made 15 starts this season totaling 80 2/3 innings with a 1.79 ERA, 3.31 FIP, 1.178, WHIP and a 214 ERA+.

Senga is a very different pitcher than the last time he faced the Giants. He faced the Giants in April 2023 where he allowed four runs from five hits over five innings while walking four batters. This was the phase at the start of his MLB career where he was walking the world. The Giants have the following career numbers against Senga:

• Willy Adames 0-2, BB, K
• Matt Chapman 1-1, 2B, BB
• Rafael Devers 0-3, 2 BB
• Wilmer Flores 0-3
• Andrew Knizner 0-2
• Dominic Smith 1-4, 2B, 2 K
• Brett Wisely 0-3, K
• Mike Yastrzemski 2-3

Giants Lineup

1. Jung Hoo Lee, CF
2. Heliot Ramos, LF
3. Rafael Devers, DH
4. Willy Adames, SS
5. Matt Chapman, 3B
6. Mike Yastrzemski, RF
7. Dominic Smith, 1B
8. Patrick Bailey, C
9. Brett Wisley, 2B

It’s a bullpen game for the Giants this evening. Matt Gage is projected to start things off for the Giants. He’s pitched in nine major-league games between the Detroit Tigers and the San Francisco Giants this season totaling 9 2/3 innings with a 0.00 ERA, scattering eight hits and three walks (2.57 FIP).

Carson Seymour is in line to get the bulk of the work of the afternoon and his name should sound familiar to you. The Mets drafted Seymour in 2021 and traded him along with J.D. Davis and Thomas Szapucki to the Giants for Darin Ruf at the 2022 trade deadline. Seymour has pitched in three games this season totaling six innings allowing four runs (two earned) from eight hits and a walk. He has allowed three home runs in only six innings. Critically, for the Giants Sunday, before being called up at the end of June, Seymour was stretched out to six innings in the minors. He routinely tossed more than 80 pitches, maxing at 102. The Giants need a long outing from Seymour Sunday night.

Game Notes

Prior to Sunday night’s game, the Mets announced they’ve designated LHP José Castillo for assignment to make room for newly acquired LHP Gregory Soto.

Sunday morning, reports that the Mets were interested in St. Louis Cardinals receiver Ryan Helsley and the fact that the Chicago White Sox covet infielder Mark Vientos in any trade for outfielder Luis Robert Jr. came out.

Three Things To Watch For

1. Mark Vientos. Vientos’ name has started to bubble up in trade rumors. Vientos has been showing signs of his 2024 since July 10. Over his last 12 games, Vientos has gone 13-for-43 at the plate with four doubles, a triple and six RBIs while slashing .302/.318/.442. He’s raised his season stat-line from .210/.272/.341 to .226/.280/.358. Currently he has a six-game hitting streak and has hit doubles in back-to-back games.
2. Gregory Soto. Soto joined the team yesterday and is expected to be active for Sunday’s game. Soto is the first acquisition the Mets made during this trade deadline, sending pitching prospects Wellington Aracena and Cameron Foster to the Orioles. Soto is a power lefty with a fastball that averages 96.8 mph (86th percentile) with swing-and-miss stuff (87th percentile). He does struggle with control (11th percentile in walks), but hitters struggle to barrel the ball against him (94th percentile).
3. Francisco Lindor’s new streak. Lindor has reached base at least twice in three straight games. Saturday night, he went 1-for-4 with a walk. Unfortunately, the bats behind him were struggling and the Mets couldn’t bring him home. Over his last three games he has gone 6-for-13 at the plate with a double, a home run, and four runs scored while slashing .462/.500/.769.

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