Four homers back Clay Holmes in Mets’ convincing win over Cubs
NY Post
The Mets came back home Friday, where they keep on winning.
They belted four homers in a 7-2 victory over the Cubs in front of 41,243 at Citi Field to open up a stretch of 15 of 21 games at home.
Most of those likely won’t result in a win as convincing as this one, as the Mets pounded right-hander Jameson Taillon — and got another strong outing from Clay Holmes — and improved to 14-3 in Queens.
Holmes allowed just one run over six innings to lower his ERA to 2.74 through eight starts.
And on Friday, he was aided by an offense that crushed Taillon for six runs — five earned — in just four innings.
“It was one of those days where we hit the ball and the ball went out,” said Francisco Lindor, who started it with his fourth leadoff homer of the season. “Sometimes we hit the ball here in this field and it doesn’t go out or goes right at people. Today, it was on our side.”
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