Fernando Tatis continues to come through for the Mets.

The 33-year-old outfielder went 3-for-5 with a pair of doubles and a homer to knock in four runs and lead New York to a 7-3 win over the San Francisco Giants - the team’s sixth straight victory. The Mets have allowed just three hits each in their last three games.

The Mets jumped on the board in the third when Carlos Beltran singled in Argenis Reyes. Tatis followed with a doubled to right center, scoring David Wright and Beltran.

Maine entered the top of the fourth with his no-hitter in tact, but he would lose both the no-hitter and the shutout that half inning. John Bowker doubled to right center. Bowker reached third on a ground out before scoring on a wild pitch. The lost no-no would mark the 7,412th time in the team’s 46-plus-year history that the opposing team has got at least one hit.

Maine struck out eight in 4 2/3 innings worth of work, but he also walked five and that contributed to letting the Giants climb back into the game. After walking pitcher Barry Zito and Fred Lewis, Maine gave up a two-run double to Randy Winn. It was only the Giants’ second hit but it put the score at 3-3.

No problem, though, as the Mets’ recent onslaught of late inning runs continued. Tatis hit a two run homer in the seventh and the Mets tacked on a couple of insurance runs. And the bullpen was again brilliant.

Ramon Castro hit a three-run homer in the fourth inning Wednesday night to lead the Mets to a 5-0 victory over the San Francisco Giants. That kept the Mets 1 1/2 games behind the first place Philadelphia Phillies, who beat the Cardinals 4-2.

Castro’s tiimely blast capped a two-out rally that began with a Carlos Delgado double and a Fernando Tatis walk. Argenis Reyes subbed in to go 2-for-2 with an RBI and Jose Reyes knocked the other Reyes in for another insurance run. Those two runs were also scored with two outs, which is something that wasn’t happening much earlier in the season.

Santana pitched five solid innings, giving up three hits and three walks before the game was delayed by a short but heavy rain storm. The delay lasted just 40 minutes, but Jerry Manuel chose to pull Santana and leave the game in the hands of the bullpen. Aaron Heilman (2 innings) and Duaner Sanchez and Joe Smith (1 inning each) were all perfect to secure the Mets’ fifth straight win.

Santana lost his quest for the first Mets no-hitter in the second inning when Aaron Rowand singled to right center. That marks the 7,411th New York Mets game without a no-hitter.

So what is that 102 under the 7,411 about? It’s the number of Mets games since the last one-hitter. This won’t be a regular feature, but we’ll throw it up there from time to time when we pass a significant milestone (I’m a couple days late, actually).

The last one-hitter, of course, was John Maine’s 13-0 gem on Sept. 29, 2007, which gave the Mets a chance to reach the postseason. We all know what happened after that, and we won’t get into any more detail here.

Mike Pelfrey led the Mets to a 3-hit 7-0 shutout of the San Francisco Giants Tuesday night as New York pulled within 1 1/2 games of the first place Phillies.

The Mets jumped on the board early when Carlos Beltran hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the first. Carlos Delgado and Fernando Tatis also homered in the game. The Mets have now won four straight and appear to be finally showing signs of a streak heading into the All-Star break.

Pelfrey lost his bid for the first New York Mets no-hitter in 7,410 franchise games when Aaron Rowand singled in the first inning. But he earned his seventh victory of the season by giving up just three hits and no walks while striking out five over seven strong innings.

Scott Schoeneweis and Joe Smith successfully finished out the eighth and ninth innings.

The San Francisco Giants’ Randy Winn double to left off of John Maine in the first inning Wednesday to raise the NoNoHitters.com count to 7,378 games without a New York Mets no hitter.

The Mets won 5-3 on another solid start. Maine went six innings, giving up just two runs (one earned) and seven hits. Clutch hits from Jose Reyes, Carlos Beltran and Carlos Delgado provided the offense.

The San Francisco Giants’ Fred Lewis lead off with a single up the middle off Pedro Martinez Tuesday night to bump the NoNoHitters.com county to 7,377 Mets games without a no hitter.

Once again, we had to update our No hitters killed by first at bat page, which we just did for the 18th time this season. That makes 896 of the Mets’ 7,377 franchise games killed by a leadoff hit.

Martinez had a great performance in the Mets’ 9-6 win, scattering three earned runs and seven hits over six innings. He also went 2-for-3 at the plate.

For the 47th time in the New York Mets’ 46-year history, a potential no hitter was broken up by a leadoff home run.

San Francisco Giants leadoff hitter Randy Winn drove a belt-high 3-2 fastball over the left-field fence Monday night to make it 7,376 Mets games without a no hitter.

Frankly we’re getting a little sick of updating our No hitters killed by first at bat page, which we just did for the 17th time this season. We’ve now had 895 of the Mets’ 7,376 franchise games killed by a leadoff hit.

It didn’t get any better for Perez, who gave up six earned runs, five hits (two of them home runs) and two walks in just a third of an inning. Apparently repeatedly throwing fastballs over the center of the plate is not a good strategy. Puzzling.

Sarcasm aside, this Jekyll/Hyde question mark going into each Perez start is getting old. This was an important game to continue building momentum, and to put your team behind 6-0 at the outset is not much help.

Claudio Vargas (4 2/3 innings, 0 ER) did his best to let the Mets catch up, but the game ended in a 10-3 loss, dropping the club back to .500. Pedro Martinez is on the hill Tuesday night.