Clay Holmes pitched six scoreless innings, and Pete Alonso homered and drove in two runs as the New York Mets remained in playoff contention, defeating the host Miami Marlins 5-0 on Saturday.

In the battle for the final National League wild-card berth, New York (83-78) started the day trailing Cincinnati due to the Reds holding the tiebreaker.

The Marlins (78-83) were eliminated from contention on Thursday.

Holmes (12-8), a converted reliever, allowed just one hit and three walks, lowering his ERA to 3.53.

The Mets also got nearly perfect relief pitching from Brooks Raley, Tyler Rogers and Edwin Diaz as Miami was held to just one hit all game.

Miami's Eury Perez (7-6) took the loss despite striking out a career-high 11 batters. He allowed three hits, three walks and three runs in 5 1/

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