Edwin Diaz’s thrilling six-out save is latest sign of Mets unleashing closer: ‘2022 form’
NY Post
The Mets have been careful with Edwin Diaz for much of the season after the closer missed all of last season following knee surgery.
Those days are over now that the team needs every win it can get.
And against the Phillies, the closer delivered two games in a row.
After getting the final four outs in Saturday’s win, Diaz was tested even more in Sunday’s 2-1 victory, as he was tasked with getting his first six-out save of the season.
Diaz pitched a scoreless eighth against the top of the Phillies lineup and then pitched around a pair of walks in the ninth, as the Mets held on.
The closer said he didn’t necessarily expect to get both innings when he came in to start the eighth, but after an 11-pitch inning, in which he struck out Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper, Carlos Mendoza asked Diaz to get the ninth.
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