QUEENS, NY — The results of piggybacking Clay Holmes and Sean Manaea in Tuesday night's 8-3 win over the San Diego Padres were good enough for Mets manager Carlos Mendoza to give it another go.

New York will combine their two veteran starting pitchers once again on Sunday in their home regular-season finale against the Washington Nationals. Holmes, who got the ball first on Tuesday at Citi Field, went four innings on 53 pitches, allowing two runs on three hits — two of them solo home runs — while striking out two.

Manaea, who was relegated to the bullpen role after yielding a 7.71 ERA over his previous seven outings, went the final five frames, allowing one run on four hits with four strikeouts.

"The aggressiveness, competing in the strike zone, his ability to elevate the fastball," Men

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