SAN FRANCISCO — Francisco Lindor ran around the bases at Oracle Park with his right arm raised high after a third-inning home run. He celebrated the same way again when he doubled in the ninth as the Bay Area mist swirled just above.

Thursday’s 6 p.m., ET deadline looming large. With that said, here’s what the Mets could be looking at this week.

Just hearing things around the league and especially my Mets counterpart Will Sammon is really clued in,” Baggarly said. “He’s a really hard worker. One of our most plugged in beat writers I think in terms of what teams are thinking around the league.

NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball’s biggest spenders are stumbling, slowed by injuries and scrambling to patch rosters with help for battered bullpens and other positions ahead of Thursday’s trade deadline. Opening the season with a top payroll of $326 million, the New York Mets have a 1 1/2-game NL East lead but are 17-20 since mid-June.

The red-hot Mets look to extend their six-game win streak on Sunday Night Baseball as they host the Giants in a primetime NL showdown on ESPN.

A pair of timely seventh-inning home runs lifted the Mets past the ex-New Yorkers to complete a weekend sweep in San Fran Ronny Mauricio, who smacked the first homer before Juan Soto 's, had a four-hit night and made it look easy Manager Carlos Mendoza was quite pleased with the sweep and the "incredible" Mauricio

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Mets second. Pete Alonso flies out to deep center field to Jackson Merrill. Jeff McNeil walks. Mark Vientos singles to shallow center field. Jeff McNeil to third. Brett Baty out on a sacrifice fly

There were many magical nights along the way to the Mets' 2015 World Series appearance. Few were more memorable than the Night When Wilmer Cried Because He Thought He Had Been Traded.

Elías Díaz singled with two outs in the ninth inning to bring in Jose Iglesias with the winning run, and the San Diego Padres beat the New York Mets 7-6 in a wild game to end their seven-game winning streak.