ATLANTA — It is hard to imagine a better remedy for the Mets following Thursday's head-scratching loss to the Nationals than what they doctored up in Friday's series opener in Atlanta.

After going 5⅓ innings without a hit against the Nationals bullpen on Thursday, the Mets matched a season-high 21 hits, including at least one in each of the first eight innings on Friday night.

One day after Sean Manaea faltered in the top of the fifth inning and a three-run lead capsized, Nolan McLean, pitching against his hometown team and in front of the 1995 Braves trifecta of Tom Glavine, Greg Maddux and John Smoltz, turned in one of the Mets' best starts in the last two months.

McLean and the Mets offense worked in tandem. The offense poured on the pressure against the Braves and McLean tossed clea

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