Going into the 2023 season, the Mets planned on winning ballgames with a simple strategy: Hit a lot of home runs and have star pitchers go deep into games. And while that strategy has rarely materialized this season, it was easy to see the winning formula as the Mets cruised to a 4-1 victory over the Giants Saturday afternoon at Citi Field.
Francisco Alvarez opened the scoring for the Mets in the bottom of the third with an opposite-field solo home run against Giants starter Anthony DeSclafani. Brandon Nimmo followed two batters later with a solo home run of his own, his fourth of the homestand and twelfth of the season.