ATLANTA (AP) — The scuffling New York Mets have been in desperate need of a starter other than David Peterson to pitch deep into games. Making his second major league start, Nolan McLean showed his Mets teammates he's no ordinary rookie. McLean allowed four hits and two runs in seven innings during New York's 12-7 win over the Atlanta Braves on Friday night. And manager Carlos Mendoza was even more impressed that McLean (2-0) was so composed while pitching in the home park of the Braves, the team he cheered for while growing up in Willow Spring, North Carolina, on a night when Atlanta brought out a bevy of former stars to celebrate the 30-year anniversary of its 1995 World Series championship.

“At this point, I don’t know what else to say about it,” Mendoza said of McLean's second consecu

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