The start of the clutch of Clay Holmes gives the playoffs a boost

MIAMI – With New York dishes faced with the potential elimination of post -season claims on Saturday, manager Carlos Mendoza was ready to exhaust each launcher available to keep their hopes of October afloat in match 162 on Sunday.

Clay Holmes made sure that it was not necessary.

The right-handed veteran delivered the best start of his career to end his first complete regular season as a starter, holding the Miami Marlins with a hit on six-sleeves without the 5-0 Mets victory.

“This is the exact release we needed today,” said the first goal player Pete Alonso, who went 2-in-4 with a Home Run, a double and two points produced. “And he really intensified. It was a big outing for him. Just incredible. Perfect out for him.”

The dishes left Loandepot Park half a game in front of the Reds of Cincinnati for the third and last point of Joker in the National League. The Reds beat the Milwaukee Brewers 7-4 later on Saturday, so the teams remain tied in the ranking, which means that their fortune will be summed up on the last day of the regular season.

The Reds have the equality break on the dishes after winning the series of season 4-2.

“This is a match that we had to win today, and I just went there and I gave everything,” said Holmes. “But I think that once we have finished the work, we enter the playoff series, I will be a little more satisfied.”

Holmes had not started a match for 11 days when he was drinking in the section and the free fall dishes sought alternatives. His two previous outings were in relief; He recorded 3⅔ rounds last Sunday and was used as a conventional round lift on Wednesday.

Pitching for the third time in a week on Saturday, Holmes only needed 78 throws to secure his 18 withdrawals. He moved away from Jams in the third and fifth heats. He removed the Marlins in order in his four other images. It was the first time that Holmes had finished at least six rounds since August 23 and his second time since June 7.

The dishes signed Holmes to a $ 38 million over three -year contract during the off -season as a starter despite the fact that he had not started a match since 2018. He had become a two -star lift twice with the New York Yankees. It was a risk that the dishes determined the penalty given its frame of 6 feet 5 inches and its high power arsenal. At the end of Saturday, the risk had paid dividends: with performance, Holmes finished season 12-8 with a 3.53 MPM on a career summit of 165 ⅔ sleeves and avoided the injured list.

“Incredible, incredible,” said Mendoza. “One day when we probably look at 70 throws from him at most, entering this match.”

Holmes shone on Saturday, using a recent ride: the passage constantly on one side of the mound to the other to give the different looks. He said it was the fourth time that he varied his position on the rubber – he made his debut on the strategy in a match with the bases loaded in the start against the Philadelphia phillies on September 10 – and felt quite comfortable to continue.

“It’s just a different window that strikers have to look at and try to see where my things come from,” said Holmes. “Especially a guy who depends on the east-west movement, moving even more side by side and simply trying to enjoy this.”

It was not the first time that a dish launcher has dominated the Marlins in match 161 to avoid collapse. In 2007, John Maine limited the Marlins to a blow in eight -sleeves aimlessly. A year later, Johan Santana, tighting with a meniscus torn in his left knee, launched a laundry with three strokes. Twice, the dishes lost the next day and failed to reach the playoffs. The dishes hope that the 2025 final, with the help of Milwaukee, produces a different result.

Alonso said: “All I can say is, for today, at least” go, brewers. “”