SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Clay Holmes and Tobias Myers combined on a three-hitter and the New York Mets beat the San Francisco Giants 9-0 on Saturday night.
Holmes (2-0) matched his career high with seven innings and allowed only one runner past first base. The right-hander gave up three hits and had four strikeouts with two walks.
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New York Mets' Tyrone Taylor, right, celebrates with Mark Vientos after hitting a three-run home run during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants, Saturday, April 4, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
New York Mets' Tyrone Taylor runs the bases after hitting a three-run home run during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants, Saturday, April 4, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
New York Mets’ Mark Vientos hits an RBI single during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants, Saturday, April 4, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
New York Mets pitcher Tobias Myers, right, and catcher Luis Torrens celebrate after the team's victory over the San Francisco Giants in a baseball game Saturday, April 4, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
New York Mets pitcher Tobias Myers throws to a San Francisco Giants batter during the eighth inning of a baseball game Saturday, April 4, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
Myers retired the final six batters in order for the Mets’ first shutout of the season.
Mark Vientos had three hits, and Tyrone Taylor hit a pinch three-run homer and drove in four runs. Marcus Semien, Bo Bichette and Brett Baty each had two hits.
Matt Chapman, Jung Hoo Lee and Jerar Encarnacion each had singles for the Giants.
San Francisco dropped to 1-5 at home this season.
The Mets got to starter Landen Roupp (1-1) early with some help from San Francisco’s defense. After Giants shortstop Willy Adames’ throw on Semien’s infield single pulled first baseman Jerar Encarnacion off the bag, third baseman Chapman made a throwing error that allowed one run to score. Luis Torrens added an RBI groundout to make it 2-0.
New York broke the game open with a five-run fifth. Bichette and Vientos each had RBI singles before Taylor’s three-run home run off Ryan Borucki.
Giants ace Logan Webb (1-1, 7.36 ERA) was set to start Sunday against RHP Kodai Senga (0-1, 3.00).
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New York Mets' Tyrone Taylor, right, celebrates with Mark Vientos after hitting a three-run home run during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants, Saturday, April 4, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
New York Mets' Tyrone Taylor runs the bases after hitting a three-run home run during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants, Saturday, April 4, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
New York Mets’ Mark Vientos hits an RBI single during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants, Saturday, April 4, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
New York Mets pitcher Tobias Myers, right, and catcher Luis Torrens celebrate after the team's victory over the San Francisco Giants in a baseball game Saturday, April 4, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
New York Mets pitcher Tobias Myers throws to a San Francisco Giants batter during the eighth inning of a baseball game Saturday, April 4, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Michigan overpowered Arizona early and humbled the ’Cats all night long, turning the Final Four meeting billed as the Game of the Year into a 91-73 Wolverines highlight reel Saturday night.
Junior center Aday Mara scored a career-high 26 points and had nine rebounds, a dinged-up Yaxel Lendeborg had 11 points in 14 minutes and the Blue blew through their fifth straight March Madness opponent by double digits while becoming the first team to break 90 points five times in a single tournament.
Next up, a title matchup Monday against UConn, a 71-62 winner over Illinois in the early semifinal that was billed — wrongly — as the undercard to this battle of No. 1 seeds.
Michigan and Arizona came in with the nation’s top two defenses, a pair of top-five offenses and somewhere between eight and a dozen NBA stars between them.
But it was the Wolverines (36-3) who looked like pros, running to a double-digit lead only 5:31 into the contest, then swatting and slamming Arizona into oblivion.
Koa Peat had a quiet 16 points and 11 rebounds for the Big 12 champion Wildcats (36-3). They shot 6 for 17 from 3, 36% overall and had two assists and nine turnovers over a first half that ended with them trailing 48-32. Sparkplug Jaden Bradley got his fourth foul 94 seconds into the second half and finished with 13 points, most in extended garbage time.
Arizona’s only two losses before this were by four and by three back in February. They trailed by nine less than 2:30 into this one.
Michigan packed the paint on defense, basically giving the team that averaged the fifth-fewest 3 attempts in the country this year free rein from long distance, then daring Arizona to create inside. The Wilcats failed at both.
Even more impressive for Michigan was that it started this runaway without (maybe) its best player, Lendeborg, who committed two fouls within five seconds of each other less than 90 seconds into the game, then landed on Motiejus Krivas’ foot a little later and went to the locker room for ice.
Lendeborg returned and made two quick 3s early in the second half to push the lead past 20. He was on the bench — and the stationary bike — for good with 7:10 left, plenty of time for rest and ice to get ready for UConn, which is going for its third title in four years.
Michigan is going for only the program’s second championship (1989), though its most famous team — the Fab Five, which made the final twice in the early ’90s — was in the building to helm an “alt-cast” of this Michigan celebration.
Some of this — the dunks, the alley-oops, the rim hanging and jersey tugging (but no baggy shorts) — might have reminded them of them.
Freshman Trey McKenny made four 3s and had 16 points for the Wolverines. Elliot Cadeau overcame a bout with his nut allergy to compile a crazy stat line: 13 points, 10 assists, six turnovers, five rebounds and four steals on 5-for-17 shooting. Even with that, Michigan finished 47.8% from the floor and 12 for 27 from 3.
About the only drama down the stretch was whether coach Dusty May’s team would join Jerry Tarkanian’s 1990 UNLV juggernaut as only the second team to hit triple digits at the Final Four in the modern era.
The Wolverines emptied the bench with a few minutes left and came up short, but no matter. Everybody knew who the better team was in this one — that it got figured out so early was the real shock.
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Michigan's Will Tschetter (42) and Elliot Cadeau (3) celebrate during the second half of an NCAA college basketball tournament semifinal game against Arizona at the Final Four, Saturday, April 4, 2026, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Michigan's Elliot Cadeau reacts during the first half of an NCAA college basketball tournament semifinal game against Arizona at the Final Four, Saturday, April 4, 2026, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Michigan guard Elliot Cadeau (3) celebrates a basket against Arizona during the second half of an NCAA college basketball tournament semifinal game at the Final Four, Saturday, April 4, 2026, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
Michigan center Aday Mara (15) dunks against Arizona during the second half of an NCAA college basketball tournament semifinal game at the Final Four, Saturday, April 4, 2026, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
Michigan's Aday Mara (15) reacts during the second half of an NCAA college basketball tournament semifinal game against Arizona at the Final Four, Saturday, April 4, 2026, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Michigan's Nimari Burnett, left, and Will Tschetter (42) celebrate during the second half of an NCAA college basketball tournament semifinal game against Arizona at the Final Four, Saturday, April 4, 2026, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
