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SAN FRANCISCO — Brandon Nimmo began the season slowly, but over the last two months has been virtually a slump-proof entity for the Mets.

It’s been an important attribute for a lineup that has seen Francisco Lindor, Pete Alonso and Juan Soto, among others, deal with prolonged droughts.

Nimmo, meanwhile, is Mr. Reliability.

Friday night he was central in two early Mets rallies that led 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.

Nimmo, who owns a .925 OPS for July, finished 2-for-5 with two RBIs, helping the Mets to knock out Giants ace Logan Webb after just four innings.

Nimmo’s on-base streak extended to a season high 18 games.

What has worked for Nimmo?

He pointed to his second-half slump last season after he was passed over for the All-Star game — despite an arguably deserving case for inclusion — as an inflection point.

“When I didn’t make the All-Star game I felt like, ‘OK, I am not good enough — I need to do more,’ ” Nimmo said. “That got me in trouble and then I wasn’t being myself for a few weeks and that got me in a tailspin. This year I have been like, ‘I am going to trust the process. I am not going to be successful all the time, but that’s OK if I do the little things right on a daily basis, and I should be OK in the long run.’

“I think that’s been the key for me: Just saying that who I am is good enough and let’s just go out there and compete with what we have got tonight. Just make small adjustments along the way and trust the process.”

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.

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’s early struggles.

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.

Nimmo’s leadoff double was the key hit in the Mets’ two-run first inning.

Lindor followed with a single and stole second before Soto’s groundout brought in the first run. Alonso’s sacrifice fly extended the lead to 2-0.

Holmes needed 33 pitches to escape the bottom of the frame, with one run allowed.

Rafael Devers followed Heliot Ramos’ leadoff single with a double and Willy Adames’ RBI ground out pulled the Giants within 2-1.

Ronny Mauricio, starting at third base, intended a throw to the plate on Adames’ grounder but his bobble cost him the opportunity.

Lindor’s 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.

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 — following consecutive singles from Brett Baty and Francisco Alvarez to begin the inning — Tyrone Taylor hit into an RBI fielder’s choice.

Nimmo delivered the final dagger against Webb with a two-run single after Taylor stole second.

“We continued to have some really good at-bats throughout the lineup against a pretty tough pitcher,” manager Carlos Mendoza said.

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.

“It was a big part of the game, and I was lucky to have a good lead there,” Holmes said. “I think it just boiled down to, ‘Let’s bear down and make some pitches here.’ I had a little cushion so I knew I could attack them.”

Huascar Brazobán allowed an infield single to Mike Yastrzemski in the sixth and Jung Hoo Lee doubled with two outs. But Brazobán struck out Schmitt to preserve the Mets’ five-run lead.

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. In between, Garcia had a shaky appearance with the Yankees, who had claimed him off waivers.

The Mets added two insurance runs in the ninth against Camilo Doval.

After Luisangel Acuña got plunked, Lindor doubled and Doval threw a wild pitch, scoring the run.

Soto’s ensuing RBI single buried the Giants in an 8-1 hole.