Mets Bully Giants Into Submission, DarkHorse Eats the Runline Loss

The Mets didn't just beat the Giants on Tuesday night—they steamrolled them 10-6, turning our Giants +1.5 ticket into confetti before the seventh-inning stretch. So much for that "depleted bullpen" concern and the Giants' supposed offensive firepower keeping this close.

McLean delivered exactly what his 3.06 ERA promised, stifling a Giants lineup that looked nothing like the Turner Hill–Rafael Devers juggernaut we sold you on. Meanwhile, San Francisco's Wilkinson got shelled early, and that 4.63 ERA proved generous. The Mets jumped ahead and never looked back, building a cushion so comfortable they could've rested their entire bullpen and still covered the runline with room to spare.

Our thesis banking on New York's shaky relief corps? Irrelevant when you're up by four-plus runs for most of the night. The Giants' vaunted bats managed six runs—respectable in a vacuum, utterly inadequate when the Mets hung a ten-spot. We thought the market overvalued the home favorite laying the number. Turns out the market knew exactly what it was doing, and we got run over accordingly.

Final tally: Mets 10, Giants 6. DarkHorse's Giants +1.5 gets buried by four runs. Tip your cap and move on—some nights the favorite just handles business.