SAN FRANCISCO — The seagulls hovering above the left-field grandstand had company in the 16th inning Thursday night as Pete Alonso took a mighty cut and pushed the Mets to the brink of uncharted territory for this season.
But Alonso’s tie-breaking home run only made what awaited all the more unbearable. Rookie Chris Mazza, the last available pitcher in the Mets’ bullpen, never got an out in the bottom of the inning. And so the Mets’ hopes of their first five-game winning streak in 2019 ended with Donovan Solano’s RBI single that gave the Giants a 3-2, 16-inning victory at Oracle Park.