SAN FRANCISCO—Michael Conforto homered against the team that drafted him in the first round a decade ago, helping to back rookie Keaton Winn’s latest stellar outing as the San Francisco Giants beat the New York Mets 5–2 on Monday night.
Nick Ahmed hit a two-run single in the second and Matt Chapman added a two-run double the next inning to support Winn (2–3). He struck out six while allowing four hits in six-plus innings, receiving a standing ovation when Ryan Walker relieved in the seventh after a leadoff walk to Francisco Lindor that was Winn’s lone free pass.
Winn pitched into the seventh for the first time since 2019 in Class A. The big ovation was a first, too.
“That felt really good. That was the first time that I’ve had that,” Winn said. “I can’t explain how good that felt, to feel like the city has your back. It was great.”
Pete Alonso homered leading off the fifth for New York—its first run in two days following a 10–0 loss to the Dodgers on Sunday. Camilo Doval’s wild pitch with one out in the ninth allowed another run before he retired Alonso on a grounder, walked Brett Baty, and then got DJ Stewart on a groundout to end it.
Doval came in from the center-field bullpen to a dramatic new entrance that featured the ballpark lights going dark and a spotlight on the reliever as he ran to the mound.
“It looked like a movie,” he said. “I was like, ‘Wow.’”
Giants manager Bob Melvin didn’t get overly excited about the flashy addition, noting: “If he likes it, it’s fine, it’s great. If the fans like it, that’s what it’s all about.”
Conforto connected in the sixth for his fifth home run of the season. The Mets selected him 10th overall in the 2014 amateur draft out of Oregon State and he spent his first seven big league seasons with New York.
Winn made his 10th major league start and the right-hander has tossed at least four innings while allowing six or fewer hits in each of them. The 10 such outings match the second-longest streak by a Giants pitcher to begin his career since 1901 with Jeff Brantley (1988–89) and behind only Albert Suárez with 12 in 2016.
Mets left-hander Jose Quintana (1–2) permitted five runs on seven hits over five innings with four strikeouts and three walks.