SAN FRANCISCO — It’s not too often you hear about a 10-year veteran maturing, but last year, mired in a brutal July in which he batted .188, Brandon Nimmo figured something needed to change. Or rather, maybe things needed to go back to where they were.

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