deGrom’s career-worst night too much for Mets in SF

SAN FRANCISCO — Just when they appeared vulnerable to being dominated, the San Francisco Giants turned dominant.

Trailing the New York Mets and formidable right-hander Jacob deGrom by four runs, the Giants surged ahead with five fourth-inning runs and maintained control as they ended their four-game losing streak with a 10-7 triumph Thursday night.

Madison Bumgarner’s 21-inning scoreless streak against the Mets dissolved in the fourth inning when Justin Ruggiano, freshly summoned from Triple-A, lashed a grand slam. But the Giants retaliated with five runs in their half of the fourth, a rally capped by Bumgarner’s two-run homer.

Both starters were removed after five innings.

“I didn’t see that kind of game coming. I don’t think anybody did,” Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. “You had two good ones out there. They just weren’t on top of their game. We took a pretty good punch there, but we were able to punch back.”

“I don’t think that’s how either of us had it drawn up. But we’re going to take it, for sure,” said Bumgarner (12-7). “It’s not about throwing shutouts. It’s about winning games.”

deGrom (7-6) allowed career highs of eight runs and 13 hits.

“He’s so good that when you get hit like that, it’s got to be way too much plate,” Mets manager Terry Collins said of deGrom. “You can’t pitch in the middle of the plate.”

Joe Panik’s two-run double helped the Giants add three fifth-inning runs, which proved essential when the Mets rallied for a trio of runs in the seventh. Buster Posey eased the Giants’ tension with a two-run, opposite-field double to right in the eighth inning.

The outcome trimmed San Francisco’s National League West deficit to a half-game behind the Dodgers, while the Mets slipped 4 1/2 games behind St. Louis for the second NL Wild Card spot.

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