BOX SCORESAN FRANCISCO — There are nights over the course of 162 games when it’s hard to figure out how a game can still be close. For the 2026 Giants, it might be hard to top Friday’s game against the New York Mets, particularly the buzz that was (very) briefly felt by 38,000 fans in the sixth inning. Tyler Mahle allowed six of the first seven hitters he faced to reach base and later gave up two homers. On the other side, Nolan McLean was perfect through five. And yet, somehow, the Giants had Rafael Devers at the plate with one out in the sixth, with a chance to get them within two if he could come up with a hit. Devers struck out. Luis Arraez followed with a groundout. When the Mets immediately scored three more runs in the seventh, those short-lived comeback hopes were dashed. The Giants lost 10-3, and while there was a moment when they felt they could keep closer, this really could have been a much bigger blowout. The Mets had 15 hits, by far the most against this Giants pitching staff through the first eight games, and did all of that damage despite losing superstar Juan Soto to calf tightness after the top of the...