SAN FRANCISCO \u2014 Brandon Nimmo began the season slowly, but over the last two months has been virtually a slump-proof entity for the Mets.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s been an important attribute for a lineup that has seen Francisco Lindor, Pete Alonso and Juan Soto deal with prolonged droughts. Nimmo, meanwhile, is Mr. Reliability.<\/p>\n
Friday night, he was central in two early Mets rallies that led to an 8-1 victory over the Giants at Oracle Park. The Mets won their fifth straight and remained a half-game ahead of the Phillies for first place in the NL East.<\/p>\n
Nimmo, who began the night with a .920 OPS for July, finished 2-for-5 with two RBIs, helping the Mets to knock out Giants ace Logan Webb after only four innings. Nimmo\u2019s on-base streak extended to a season-high 18 games.<\/p>\n
New York Mets outfielder Brandon Nimmo (9) rolls his hands after hitting a double against the San Francisco Giants on July 25, 2025, at Oracle Park in San Francisco. Icon Sportswire via Getty Images<\/p>\n
Francisco Lindor, who snapped an 0-for-31 slump with two hits on Wednesday, continued trending in the right direction. Lindor finished 3-for-5 with a single, double and homer on a night the Mets totaled 10 hits. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Clay Holmes matched a season high by throwing 104 pitches, but that got him only through five innings. Even so, that was a positive development considering the right-hander\u2019s early struggles.<\/p>\n
Overall, Holmes allowed one earned run on six hits with two strikeouts and one walk. It was his eight straight start, dating to June 7 in Colorado, in which he failed to complete six innings.<\/p>\n
Francisco Lindor homered in the Mets\u2019 win over the Giants. Sergio Estrada-Imagn Images<\/p>\n
Nimmo\u2019s leadoff double was the key hit in the Mets\u2019 two-run first inning. Lindor followed with a single and stole second before Juan Soto\u2019s groundout brought in the first run. Pete Alonso\u2019s sacrifice fly extended the lead to 2-0.<\/p>\n
Holmes needed 33 pitches to escape the bottom of the frame, with one run allowed. Rafael Devers followed Heliot Ramos\u2019 leadoff single with a double, and Willy Adames\u2019 RBI groundout pulled the Giants within 2-1. Ronny Mauricio, starting at third base, intended a throw to the plate on Adames\u2019 grounder, but his bobble cost him the opportunity.<\/p>\n
Lindor\u2019s homer in the third inning got the run back. The blast was No. 20 this season for Lindor, marking the eighth time in 11 seasons he reached that plateau.<\/p>\n
Clay Holmes got the win after pitching five innings. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n
The Mets battered Webb for three additional runs in the fourth to widen the lead to 6-1. After Mauricio walked to load the bases \u2013 following consecutive singles from Brett Baty and Francisco Alvarez to begin the inning \u2014 Tyrone Taylor hit into an RBI fielder\u2019s choice. <\/p>\n
Nimmo delivered the final dagger against Webb, after Taylor stole second, with a two-run single.<\/p>\n
Holmes allowed consecutive singles to Casey Schmitt and Patrick Bailey to begin the fifth but rebounded to retire the next three batters, completing his night. Included was a strikeout of Rafael Devers.<\/p>\n
Huascar Brazoban allowed an infield single to Mike Yastrzemski in the sixth and Jung Hoo Lee doubled with two outs. But Brazoban struck out Schmitt to preserve the Mets\u2019 five-run lead.<\/p>\n
New York Mets\u2019 Juan Soto reacts after hitting a double. AP<\/p>\n
Rico Garcia worked two perfect innings with three strikeouts. The right-hander has thrown 7 2\/3 scoreless innings for the Mets in four appearances over two different stints with the club. <\/p>\n
In between, Garcia had a shaky appearance with the Yankees, who had claimed him off waivers.<\/p>\n
The Mets added two insurance runs in the ninth against Camilo Doval. After Luisangel Acuna got plunked, Lindor doubled and Doval threw a wild pitch, scoring the run. Soto\u2019s ensuing RBI single buried the Giants in an 8-1 hole.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN FRANCISCO \u2014 Brandon Nimmo began the season slowly, but over the last two months has been virtually…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":93575,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,7599,20404,3689,3693,1266,405,403,4716,1305,5226,5225,5228,5227,62,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-93574","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-brandon-nimmo","10":"tag-clay-holmes","11":"tag-francisco-lindor","12":"tag-juan-soto","13":"tag-mlb","14":"tag-new-york","15":"tag-new-york-city","16":"tag-new-york-giants","17":"tag-new-york-mets","18":"tag-newyork","19":"tag-newyorkcity","20":"tag-ny","21":"tag-nyc","22":"tag-sports","23":"tag-united-states","24":"tag-united-states-of-america","25":"tag-unitedstates","26":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","27":"tag-us","28":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114918493040389521","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}