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With the Mets’ backs against the wall, Clay Holmes stepped up and threw six shutout innings in a 5-0 victory in a must win game in Miami. Eury Pérez was shaky in the first inning, allowing a run on a walk to Francisco Lindor, a wild pitch, and a Pete Alonso RBI double. The Mets threatened for more in the first, but settled for just the one run. Alonso doubled the Mets’ lead with a solo homer in the second and Pérez was dominant after that, striking out 11 Mets in his 5 1/3 innings of work. Luckily, Clay Holmes and the Mets’ bullpen were equal to the task. Holmes allowed just four baserunners over the course of his quality start. Brooks Raley and Tyler Rogers each contributed a scoreless inning with a strikeout and the Mets added three runs of insurance against the Marlins’ b

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