Who is the most underappeciated member of the New York Mets this season? It's a beloved player who might fall under a microscope because of how long he has been

Ronny Mauricio and Juan Soto homered in the seventh inning, and the New York Mets beat the San Francisco Giants 5-3 to match a season best with their seventh straight win.

After an extended slump, Francisco Lindor, according to Mets manager Carlos Mendoza is back to using "the whole field" and proof was his three-hit game in New York's 8-1 win over the Giants. Lindor and Brandon Nimmo got the team off to quick 2-0 lead in the first inning and they never looked back.

Pete Alonso brought the hammer down on the Angels on Wednesday afternoon with a 439-foot three-run homer that capped a four-run third inning and sent the Mets to a 6-3 win that vaulted them into first place in the NL East.

Brandon Nimmo made the first in a series of swing and approach changes that redefined him as a player. Long one of the league’s best at reaching base, Nimmo became more selectively aggressive. He ceased focusing as fully on working counts.

For Brandon Nimmo, his first homestand in New York was even more surreal than he could have ever imagined, thanks to some thoughtful planning by David Wright and Curtis Granderson.

It was a full circle moment for Matt Gage. The Broadalbin-Perth and Siena graduate got his first-career Major League Baseball start with the San Francisco Giants who drafted him more than a decade ago.

Mets third. Francisco Alvarez singles to center field. Ronny Mauricio singles to right field. Francisco Alvarez to second. Brandon Nimmo hits into a force out to second base. Ronny Mauricio out

Francisco Lindor snapped an eight-game homerless-streak, going 3-for-5 with his 20th of the season and an RBI double, and Brandon Nimmo went 2-for-5 with a double to lead off the game and two RBI