SF Giants continue gaining ground on Mets as Adames, Bailey homer

SAN FRANCISCO Another match closer Led by a three-run homer from Willy Adames and Patrick Bailey s second solo homer in as a great number of games the Giants beat the Arizona Diamondbacks - on Tuesday night at Oracle Park their th win over their last games San Francisco - now sits just two games back of the final NL wild card spot after the New York Mets - lost their fourth straight encounter Since the Mets own the tiebreaker the Giants are technically three games behind the Mets Robbie Ray earned his th win of the season as he allowed two runs over five innings with five strikeouts Heliot Ramos and Rafael Devers began the bottom of the first by drawing back-to-back walks setting the table for a three-run homer by Adames that gave the Giants an early - lead San Francisco tacked on another run in the fourth on a sacrifice fly by Casey Schmitt that scored Matt Chapman The Diamondbacks cut the Giants advantage to - in the top of the fifth by scoring a pair of runs off Ray on Jordan Lawler s RBI double and Jorge Barrosa s sacrifice fly Bailey hit a solo homer in the bottom of the fifth his second homer in as numerous days but Arizona cut the lead back to two runs in the top of the sixth on an RBI single by Illdemaro Vargas