Scherzer meets fans with gem, Mets sweep twinbill vs Giants April 19 sharefacebooktwitterredditlink NEW YORK (AP) Max Scherzer pitched no-hit ball into the sixth inning of his anticipated home debut and the New York Mets rode their $130 million ace to a 3-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday night for a doubleheader sweep.Francisco Lindor was the hero in the opener, delivering a game-ending single in the 10th inning of a 5-4 victory. That came moments after Pete Alonso's stretch at first base saved Lindor's off-target throw and kept the game tied.Scherzer (3-0) hardly needed any help, combining with two relievers on a two-hitter. The three-time Cy Young Award winner was overpowering for 5 2/3 innings before seeming to hit a wall. His velocity dipped and control wavered over consecutive walks to Mike Yastrzemski and Brandon Belt, and then Darin Ruf ripped an RBI single for San Francisco's first hit.The 37- Brenden Jaimes Jersey year-old Scherzer, slowed late in spring training by a balky right hamstring, finished out the sixth and then to sed a 1-2-3 seventh. He struck out 10 on a season-high 102 pitches, walking three. Drew Smith allowed the Giants' only other hit in the eighth and Trevor May worked the ninth to earn his first save after closer Edwin Daz pitched in the opener.Scherzer was plenty good enough to outpitch budding Giants ace Logan Webb (1-1), who was uncharacteristically wild and allowed three runs in 3 2/3 shaky innings.The Mets have won six of seven and improved to 9-3. After winning 107 games last year, San Francisco had been off to just as hot a start, but this double dip dropped the Giants to 7-4.New York got to Webb in the third. Lindor doubled with one out for his second hit of the game, Alonso walked, and both scored on Eduardo Escobar's two-out double. Dominic Smith then scored Escobar with a Justin Herbert T Shirts single.Lindor also had a tying double in Game 1, then lined a single to center against Jarln Garca (1-1) to score automatic runner Brandon Nimmo in the 10th. A half-inning earlier, Lindor's throw on Thairo Estrada's grounder pulled Alonso off first base, apparently allowing Belt to score from third with two outs. Replays showed Alonso just barely held the base with his right foot, and umpires overruled the safe call. The grab kept Adam Ottavino (1-0) in line for the win.Pete staying on the bag there, thats a really hard play, Mets manager Buck Showalter said. Joc Pederson hit a solo homer and Brandon Crawford had two RBIs as the Giants pounced early against Mets starter Tylor Megill for a 4-1 lead. New York erased that in the fifth, when starter Will Clapp Jersey Alex Cobb left with a right groin injury before Lindor's tying RBI double off reliever Dominic Leone.Cobb was placed on the 10-day injured list after Game 1, allowing the team to activate right-hander Yunior Marte, who struck out three during a scorele s eighth. Manager Gabe Kapler said Cobb would get an MRI, but Cobb said he was hopeful for a quick return.That was a brutal game for us, Cobb said. Having two nine-inning doubleheaders, and then the starter coming out as early as I did, is putting the team in a bad position.It was the first pair of nine-inning doubleheaders for either team since 2019 after Major League Baseball shortened twinbills to seven-inning games in 2020 and 21 as a pandemic adjustment.WELCOME HOMEScherzer has thrown two no-hitters, both in 2015. One of them was at Citi Field in the chilly nightcap of a doubleheader, no le s.Then with the Nationals, Scherzer threw one of the KEEP IT IN PLAYGiants pitchers haven't allowed a homer in their past seven games.TRAINER'S ROOMGiants: IF/OF Jason Vosler was recalled from Triple-A Sacramento for the opener. IF/OF Luke Williams was optioned to Triple-A, but remained with the Giants as their 29th man for the doubleheader.Mets: RHP Jacob deGrom (right shoulder) will have a new round of imaging taken next Monday. Showalter said he's progre sing as hoped. ... RHP Taijuan Walker (right shoulder) will make a rehab start in extended spring training Wednesday. ... RHP Yoan Lpez was New York's 29th man for the nightcap. ... Nimmo was activated off the COVID-19 IL.UP NEXTGiants LHP Carlos Rodn (1- Kyzir White Jersey 0, 1.50) has 21 strikeouts in 12 innings over his first two starts. 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