MIAMI — Clay Holmes knows this role, but maybe not in this way.

He amassed 74 saves in three seasons with the Yankees and did it the dangerous way — never possessing the wipeout stuff that’s typical of the closers of this era but instead enticing hitters with sweepers and sinkers that they’d batter into the ground for outs.

On Saturday, he was asked for one more save: Save the bullpen, save the Mets, and maybe, just maybe, save the season.

Holmes, Pete Alonso and a trio of relievers combined to defeat the Marlins, 5-0, at loanDepot park — and now their season remains alive another day.

The Mets (83-78) and Reds (83-78) are tied entering the final day of the season, and Cincinnati holds the tiebreaker. If the Mets lose Sunday, their season is over regardless of what the Reds do. Even if

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