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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Francisco Lindor homered in the third, Brandon Nimmo added a two-run single in the fourth and Juan Soto drove in two runs as New York backed Clay Holmes, and the Mets beat the San Francisco Giants 8-1 on Friday night for their fifth straight win.
Holmes (9-5) surrendered one run and six hits over five innings with two strikeouts and a walk for his first win in five starts since beating Atlanta on June 25.
New York got on the board in a hurry against All-Star Logan Webb (9-8). Nimmo doubled leading off the game and scored on Soto’s RBI groundout, while Lindor singled after Nimmo and Pete Alonso drove him home on a sacrifice fly.
Soto added an RBI single in the ninth.
Webb has had back-to-back rough outings. He was tagged for a career-high tying 11 hits over six innings of a 6-3 loss at Toronto on Saturday, then gave up six runs and eight hits in four innings Friday.
The Giants’ lone run came on a groundout by Willy Adames in the first.
San Francisco Giants’ Casey Schmitt, foreground, watches as New York Mets second baseman Brett Baty is unable to catch a single hit by Patrick Bailey during the fifth inning of a baseball game Friday, July 25, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
New York kicked off a stretch of nine consecutive games against the NL West by extending its streak that has come on the heels of a three-game skid. The Mets are seeking their first series win in San Francisco since 2018.
The Giants placed right-handed starter Landen Roupp on the 15-day injured list with inflammation in his pitching elbow, recalling righty Tristan Beck from Triple-A Sacramento.
Beck relieved Webb to begin the fifth.
With Adames at second with a two-out double in the third, Matt Chapman was originally ruled safe at first on a throwing error by third baseman Ronny Mauricio. But the Mets challenged the tag call and Chapman was ruled out on replay review to end the inning.
Lindor wound up 3 for 5 with his 20th home run, a double and three runs scored with a pair of strikeouts after snapping his 0-for-31 drought Wednesday against the Angels.
LHP David Peterson (6-4, 2.90 ERA) pitches Saturday night’s middle game for the Mets opposite Giants LHP Robbie Ray (9-4, 2.92) as he tries again for double-digit victories with a three-start winless stretch.
