Clay Holmes finally provided the starting pitching length this team so desperately needs, Jeff McNeil and Mark Vientos hit two homers apiece, Pete Alonso and Starling Marte homered, too and the Mets turned aside Atlanta, 9-2 for their second straight victory Saturday.

With the Mets and Braves playing their second game of their series Saturday, here are the lineups for both sides.

The long ball -- six of them, to be precise -- was all the Mets needed in Saturday’s 9-2 series-clinching win over the Braves at Truist Park. New York scored all nine of its runs via the home run and

By the time Nolan McLean returned to the mound Friday for the fourth inning — a danger zone for Mets starting pitchers — he had plenty of latitude.