f these theories (except mine, of course). To do that, Im calling on my experience with logic puzzles back in Mrs. Harris fifth-grade math class. If the Mets and Cardinals aren

NEW YORK -- Mac Williamson had crossed paths with Ivan Nova before.Fun fact about Nova. I had TJ the same day he did, the San Francisco Giants rookie said, thinking back to their visit to Dr. James Andrews for Tommy John surgery on April 29, 2014. How many guys face each other after you have surgery, the same day, the same surgeon? Thats kind of cool.Williamson started the comeback with a home run off Nova leading off the fifth inning, then hit a tiebreaking single in the 12th that lifted San Francisco over the New York Yankees 2-1 on Saturday to give the relieved Giants their first victory since the All-Star break.I think every good team goes through a little lull at some point in the season, Williamson said.NL West-leading San Francisco had lost a season-high six straight games and had held just one lead in 57 innings following the break: when Buster Posey hit a go-ahead home run leading off the 10th inning at San Diego on July 16 only to have the Padres rally for a pair of runs in the bottom half against Santiago Casilla.Williamson had allowed the Yankees to go ahead in the fourth. With Didi Gregorius on first, Mark Teixeira singled to right against Johnny Cueto, and Williamson allowed the ball to kick off his glove for an error that let Gregorius come home.I really was upset with myself, Williamson said. I rushed the play down the line there trying to keep the double play in order there for Cueto.His sixth home run this season came on a flat sinker and was just his second in 29 at-bats against right-handers. Even before the error, Williamson was peeved because he was thrown out at the plate in the second when he tried to score on Ramiro Penas double.New Yorks No Runs DMC trio of Andrew Miller, Aroldis Chapman and Dellin Betances held the Giants scoreless for four innings before Trevor Brown hit an opposite-field double to right off Anthony Swarzak (1-1) leading off the 12th. Williamson singled up the middle with one out, just past the glove of diving Gregorius at shortstop. San Francisco had been 0 for 10 with runners in scoring position, dropping to 7 for 63 (.111) since the All-Star break.Were not getting that timely hit, but we finally did tonight -- it is night now, isnt it? Giants manager Bruce Bochy said after the 4-hour, 25-minute game.Bochy was impressed that Williamson didnt let his error get him down.He put that behind him. He didnt let it bother him, Bochy said. Thats what you have to be in this game: resilient..San Francisco had joined the 1991 Los Angeles Dodgers as the only teams to enter the break in first place, then lose its first six games of the second half, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. And after making four errors in the series opener, San Francisco had two more.Jeff Samardzija had been listed as San Franciscos starter, but Bochy said his intent all along was to start Cueto and attributed the mixup to a failure to inform his media relations staff.In a late-afternoon start on a 93-degree day, Cueto struggled with deep counts but allowed just the unearned run and six hits in six innings. He struck out nine -- including five in a row -- and threw 117 pitches, two shy of his season high.Cheered on by hundreds of orange-clad fans in the Giants old hometown, San Francisco escaped a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the 10th when Casilla (2-3) retired Brian McCann on a shallow flyout and Starlin Castro on a foulout. Hunter Strickland pitched a perfect 12th for his second save.Casilla has heard the rumors the Giants are seeking to trade for a closer with a high-strikeout ratio.At first it would bother me. Ive been doing the job, he said through a translator. I have a lot of experience during the regular season, the playoffs. I have three World Series rings and I have shown that I can do the job.NOT SO SIMPLEWith Angel Pagan on third in the 11th, McCann signaled for an intentional walk to Brandon Crawford, and Betances threw the ball to the screen. But Pagan, held closely at third by Chase Headley, decided to stay, and Crawford hit an inning-ending grounder.RALLYINGSan Francisco leads the majors with 30 come-from-behind wins.TRAINERS ROOMGiants: OF Hunter Pence (hamstring) was 1 for 4 with a double in six innings Saturday for Triple-A Sacramento. He is to play seven innings Sunday and then take a day off. ... INF Joe Panik (concussion), who hasnt played for the Giants since June 27, played for Sacramento on Tuesday and Wednesday but is sidelined again for a couple more days. ... INF Matt Duffy, out since June 19 because of a strained left Achilles tendon, is running 60-yard sprints at 75 percent. ... RHP Cory Gearrin, who hadnt played since July 5 because of a strained right shoulder, is to pitch to hitters Sunday.UP NEXTSamardzija (9-5) faces Nathan Eovaldi (8-6) on Sunday.---A previous version of this story incorrectly said Mac Williamson was a 46th-round pick by San Francisco in 2011. He was unsigned as a 46th-round pick by Boston in 2011, then signed with San Francisco after being selected in the third round in 2012. Brian Bonner . They were putting most of their energy into a record-setting offensive display. Chris Peace . The injury bothered Bledsoe in the Suns victory over the Clippers on Monday and he sat out the teams home loss to Memphis on Thursday night. https://www.cheapnfljerseyschina.co/ping-bodie-jersey-for-sale/ . -- For the first time in two months, an opponent was standing up to Alabama. Joe Ethridge . The Swede became the first golfer to win the PGA Tours FedEx Cup and European Tours Race to Dubai in the same season. "It is still taking a little time to sink in what Ive achieved this week as was the case when I won the FedEx Cup but then it just kept getting better and better as the days went on and I am sure this will be the same," he said. Doug Winslow . However, he did make them miss him a little less. Cundiff, who had the unenviable job of replacing Dawson last season, agreed Thursday to a one-year, $1. Five of ESPN.coms MLB beat writers who cover teams battling for wild-card berths were asked to make a case for why their team will be playing a do-or-die playoff game in October. Below, Adam Rubin argues for the New York Mets against fellow writers Eddie Matz (Baltimore Orioles), Andrew Marchand (New York Yankees), Katie Strang (Detroit Tigers) and Mark Saxon (St. Louis Cardinals).For more on the other contenders, check out Wild-card Wednesday.?Rubin: Forget the fact that the Mets are among the hottest teams in baseball, having won 16 of 21 games entering this week. The Mets will reach the postseason as a wild-card entrant primarily because of their soft schedule the remainder of the season. After completing a series on Wednesday against the Nationals, the Mets do not play another game against a team that currently has a winning record. Meanwhile, the Cardinals and Giants - the Mets two main competitors for the NLs two wild-card spots -- have to play each other four times beginning Thursday. The Cardinals also have two series remaining against the Cubs, while the Giants have two series remaining against the Dodgers.Marchand: The biggest reason not to believe in the Mets is because they are the Mets. Their tortured history is replete with epic failures in the face of victoriies.dddddddddddd Could one more be on the horizon?Matz: As my mother will tell you, Im a good boy who follows directions, and my marching orders here were to shoot a hole in every one of these theories (except mine, of course). To do that, Im calling on my experience with logic puzzles back in Mrs. Harris fifth-grade math class. If the Mets and Cardinals arent wild cards (which, per my instructions, they cant be), then the wild cards must be the second-place NL West team (Giants or Dodgers), and the ... Marlins?Saxon: When you put it that way, its kind of hard to argue. I guess Ill just go with, Its the Mets, Adam, and leave it at that.Strang: Heading into spring training, I picked the Mets to win it all this year, and a big reason was their stable of impressive young pitchers. Fast-forward six months and the staff looks, well, quite a bit different. No Matt Harvey. No Jacob deGrom. No Steven Matz. That certainly hasnt seemed to hurt the Mets lately, but even with a crazy-favorable schedule to finish out the season, one has to wonder whether the sum of all the injuries -- and not just those to the pitching staff -- will eventually take its toll. ' ' '