It has been a rollercoaster season for Edwin Diaz – and it’s currently going up.
The New York Mets ‘ closer delivered one of the gutsiest and most integral saves of his career on Sunday night against the Philadelphia Phillies. After logging a four-out save the day prior, Diaz was given the ball in the eighth inning with a 2-1 lead; assuming he pitched the ninth, this would be the second six-out save of his career, and the first time he would go for a six-out save with no days of rest.
But Diaz was up for the challenge. He struck out a pair of batters in the eighth, and although the righty allowed a single to Trea Turner, who would steal both second and third base, he would be stranded there when Diaz retired Alec Bohm on a ground ball to short…