Four homers back Clay Holmes in Mets convincing win over Cubs

Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Mike Puma about the inside buzz on the Mets.The Mets came back home Friday, where they keep on winning.They belted four homers in a 7-2 victory over the Cubs Friday night 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 started with Francisco Lindor’s fourth leadoff homer of the season, this one from the left side on an 0-2 four-seam fastball from Taillon.Brett Baty opened the bottom of the second with an opposite-field homer, his second of the season and first since being recalled from Triple-A Syracuse Wednesday.Two batters later, Jeff McNeil — another lefty hitter — belted his second home run of the season to make it 3-0.The Mets loaded the bases with one out in the third with a walk and two infield hits.Luisangel Acuña followed with what should have been an inning-ending double play, but after stepping on second for the forceout, shortstop Dansby Swanson threw high to first to allow Brandon Nimmo and Francisco Alvarez to score for a 5-0 lead.The Cubs got on the board in the fourth with Kyle Tucker’s 10th homer of the season.

It was the first time Holmes had allowed a home run this year.But Juan Soto got the run back with a mammoth shot to right-center that hit the Shea Bridge, as he continued his recent hot streak with a homer that measured an estimated 434 feet.It was Soto’s third homer in his last two games and eighth for the season.Before the game, Carlos Mendoza pointed to Soto “maybe not hitting as many balls o...