The New York Mets and San Francisco Giants wrap up a four-game series in San Francisco on Sunday Night Baseball (8 p.m. ET on ESPN/WatchESPN).

At the All-Star break, the Giants had the best record in baseball and a six-and-a-half game lead in the National League West. The Mets were tied with the Miami Marlins for the second wild-card spot in the NL and sat six games above .500 at the time.

Since then, the Giants have the worst record and baseball and trail the Los Angeles Dodgers by half a game in the division. The Mets are tied for the fifth-worst record since the break and they are four-and-a-half games out of the second wild card spot. They would need to jump three teams to get in the playoff mix.

Not hitting with RISP

Timely hitting has been a major problem for both teams. The Mets (.196) and Giants (.216) have two of the three lowest batting averages with runners in scoring position since the break.

The Mets are batting .208 with runners in scoring position this season, which would be the worst mark by a team since the 1969 expansion San Diego Padres. That team went 52-110.

Cespedes to the rescue

Yoenis Cespedes returned from the disabled list Friday, and having him back in the lineup should be a huge boost to New York’s hitting woes with runners in scoring position.

Since being traded to the Mets at the deadline last season, Cespedes is batting .283/.351/.575 with team-highs in home runs (9) and extra-base hits (18) when batting with runners in scoring position.

Overall the Mets are 17 games above .500 with a team OPS of .757 in games started by Cespedes over the past two seasons.

They are 70-70 with a .668 OPS when Cespedes has not started since the start of last season.