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 Mets come into the game 67-60, which puts them in second place in the NL East. That puts them seven games behind the Philadelphia Phillies.

Preview the Aug. 23 matchup between the New York Mets and Atlanta Braves with odds over/under, game spread, betting lines and more.

Mark Vientos and Jeff McNeil each hit two home runs and the visiting New York Mets outslugged the Atlanta Braves 9-2 on Saturday night. The Mets went deep six times -- one short of their season high -- to win the second game of the three-game series.

The right-hander has been diagnosed with a “pretty significant” injury to the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow, according to manager Carlos Mendoza, and was placed on the injured list Saturday before the Mets faced the Braves at Truist Park.

Upon swinging over the final pitch of the Mets’ 9-3 loss to the Nationals at Nationals Park on Thursday, Juan Soto grimaced, took a few steps backward and spent a long moment staring into space. He tu

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.