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Giants Squander Lead, Tony Watson Roughed Up in Loss to Mets

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NEW YORK - The race for the White Flag picked up steam in the late innings Tuesday night. 

The Giants blew a late lead on another night where the lineup didn't show, falling 6-3 to the Mets at Citi Field. They have lost five of six and are 3-5 on a road trip that was supposed to keep them in the NL West race. This was a very familiar performance.

The Giants scored a pair early but then shut it down, and the Mets tied it with two in the seventh. Jose Reyes led off the eighth with a triple off Tony Watson, but for a moment it looked like the Mets would Met. They made two quick outs before Jeff McNeil lined a double to left. A few minutes later, Michael Conforto put the game away with a three-run homer. 

-- Watson was charged with four earned on three hits and a walk. He had allowed just three total runs in his previous 14 appearances and had not allowed four runs in an appearance all season long. 

-- The early scoring was exactly what the Giants envisioned with their offseason moves. Andrew McCutchen drew a leadoff walk in the first and Evan Longoria blasted a Steven Matz pitch into the left field seats. The homer was the 13th for Longoria. 

-- Before Longoria's blast, the Giants had just two homers in their previous 115 innings. Longoria and McCutchen are the only Giants with homers on this road trip, which has reached eight games. 

-- Chris Stratton had his best start in two months, allowing two earned in 6 1/3 innings. Stratton needed just 71 pitches to get to six shutout innings, but was lifted after giving up three hits in the seventh.

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