In his first career start at Wrigley Field, Clay Holmes didn't allow a base runner until the sixth inning. Kamil Krzaczynski / Imagn Images via Reuters Connect CHICAGO — In the supposed dog days of August, the Chicago Cubs returned to Wrigley Field with ...

The Chicago Cubs have been playing very good baseball as of late. They are winners of four out of their last five MLB games and kicked off a weekend set with a win over the Kansas City Royals on Friday evening.

The Cubs have added Saturday’s starter to the active roster.

Chicago Cubs trade deadline acquisition Clay Holmes wasn’t expected to go deep into the game as he works back to form, and he threw 70 pitches Saturday.

Clay Holmes may make a final rehab start with Class-A Brooklyn on Sunday, but of more importance is the fact that the right-hander knows whenever he does return to the majors, it will almost certainly be with another organization.

Holmes joins a Cubs team that is 19 games over .500 and sits atop the NL wild-card standings following a 6-4 victory Friday over Kansas City. Kevin Gausman, Chicago's other prominent trade-deadline acquisition, allowed two runs over seven solid innings in his Cubs own debut Friday.

The Chicago Cubs and New York Mets reached a deal on Monday to send right-hander Clay Holmes and outfielder Tyrone Taylor to Chicago. But it has cost them a top prospect.

Clay Holmes’ return will come with a contender. And Tyrone Taylor will be joining him. The Mets traded away Holmes and Taylor to the Cubs in exchange for infield prospect Jefferson Rojas, The Post’s Jon Heyman reported Monday.

The newly acquired pitchers had close calls in the two most recent World Series and see an opportunity to secure a ring with a talented Cubs team that loaded up at the trade deadline.

Clay Holmes has pitched on some of baseball’s biggest stages. He has handled high-leverage outs in the World Series. He has made a pair of All-Star teams. The righty has donned the uniform of both New York ballclubs,