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The right-hander nearly notched his fifth quality start of the campaign; however, he was pulled with two outs in the sixth inning after giving up back-to-back infield singles. Holmes did struggle a bit with his control -- he got a first-pitch strike to just 12 of 24 batters and departed having thrown 102 pitches (62 of which were strikes) -- but his performance brought his season ERA back down below 3.
Mets pitcher Clay Holmes experienced a "first" with his new team on Monday, as he helped New York beat the White Sox.
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Matt Gorski blasted a two-run homer in the second — with the rain falling heavily — to give the Pirates a 2-0 lead. Isiah Kiner-Falefa began the rally with a two-out single before Holmes unleashed a wild pitch. Gorski jumped on a full-count sweeper and cleared the left field fence.
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Tyrone Taylor hit a leadoff double in the ninth inning and scored on Francisco Lindor's sacrifice fly as the New York Mets mounted a late comeback to edge the Chicago White Sox 2-1 on Monday in the opener of a three-game series.
Clay Holmes, who had given up only one home run all season prior to Wednesday, gave up two home runs while the Bucs and their bullpen shut down the Mets.
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Clay would be Clay Holmes, the pitcher who’s gone from starter to middle reliever to closer to starter again, and is having success in his newest role. He’s also known to be analytically curious – the type of guy who talks about seam-shifted wake and supination bias like he’s casually sipping tea with Isaac Newton.