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Brandon Nimmo had himself a night for the Mets on Friday.

Taking on the Angels in the first game of a three-game series, the Mets’ bats got hot again in a 7-3 win and Nimmo led the way.

Entering Friday’s game with three hits in his last nine games (3-for-29), Nimmo got hot at just the right time to help his team after they dropped two straight to the Padres.

“It’s just the fact that nobody tries to do too much,” Nimmo said. “It’s not on one guy. We know if somebody doesn’t get it done with one out and there’s a guy on third base, the guy behind you has a great chance of picking you up.”

Although he grounded out in his first at-bat against Angels pitcher Jhonathan Diaz, Nimmo drew a walk in the second inning after a five pitch at-bat. That loaded the bases with Tomas Nido eventually scoring on a Mark Canha double to give the Mets a 3-0 lead.

Nimmo’s best work came in the fourth, though. With two outs, the outfielder kept the inning alive by absolutely crushing a solo home run into the center field seats to extend the Mets’ lead to 4-2. The solo blast travelled 401 feet and had an exit velocity of 100.3 MPH.

It was Nimmo’s fourth home run of the year and his first since April 25.

He wasn’t done there, however.

With the Mets still boasting a 4-2 lead in the top of the sixth inning, Nimmo stepped up to the plate and delivered yet again with an RBI double to score both J.D. Davis and Luis Guillorme. It was perfect placement just inside the third base line and it was a strike that effectively killed off the Angels.

It was the second time that Nimmo came up in the clutch with two outs and, speaking after the game, he explained his mentality in both instances.

“When you have that confidence in your teammates, it really helps a lot to take some pressure off. That inning was a great example. We had a guy on third base, nobody out, got all the way to two outs and we were able to get that run in.

Nimmo finished his productive evening 2-for-4 at the plate with three RBI, a home run and a walk. After struggling initially after returning from a sprained wrist, Nimmo appears to be getting hot at just the right time as the Mets look to navigate the rest of this road trip before returning home on Tuesday.

“That’s a huge deal,” Nimmo said. “The fact is we can do that, we can pass the baton along and each guy can get the job done. When you have that, you are really confident in the offense you have.”