Giants Beat Mets, Take Back First in NL West

SAN FRANCISCO — Two managers fighting to hold onto postseason hopes went back and forth in the seventh inning Friday. Bruce Bochy sent Conor Gillaspie to the on-deck circle and then pulled him back for Gregor Blanco. Terry Collins replaced his right-handed starter, Seth Lugo, with left-handed reliever Jerry Blevins. Bochy countered with switch-hitter Ehire Adrianza.Bochy won and the Giants won. After Apology, Questions About Future Loom for Lochte & Others Adrianza drove in the go-ahead run and the Giants went on to an 8-1 victory, taking back-to-back games for the second time in the second half. Because the Dodgers lost in Cincinnati earlier in the day, the Giants vaulted back into first place.This was alternately a very well played game and very sloppy game. The Mets scored first on Curtis Granderson's solo shot off Johnny Cueto in the second. Joe Panik hit a leadoff single off Lugo an inning later and made it home on a sacrifice by Cueto and single by Denard Span. Naked Donald Trump Statue Might Find Temporary Home in SF Then, the teams got weird. The Mets cost themselves a bases-loaded opportunity when Jose Reyes overran second, forcing Lugo into an inning-ending...