MIAMI — Life for the Mets with Edwin Diaz sidelined from the nearer’s position due to latest struggles started Sunday minus any drama.
Reed Garrett pitched a scoreless eighth inning to guard a one-run lead and returned for the ninth after the Mets added insurance coverage. He was credited with a two-inning save in the Mets’ 7-3 victory over the Marlins.
Supervisor Carlos Mendoza stated he additionally had Adam Ottavino out there to pitch the ninth if wanted, however caught with Garrett as a result of the right-hander struck out the aspect within the eighth.
Mendoza stated he’ll use varied relievers within the nearer’s position till Diaz is deemed able to resume his duties. Diaz allowed 4 runs within the ninth inning Saturday for his third straight blown save.
“All of us imagine in [Diaz] and everyone knows that he’s going to be again and he’s elite when he’s proper and we’re going to do no matter we will to get him proper,” Garrett stated. “Each time my identify is named I’ll pitch, however all of us imagine in what he can do.”
Garrett’s save was his second of the season. He’s pitched to a 0.72 ERA with 41 strikeouts in 25 innings this season.
Francisco Lindor will play his first sport in his previous stomping floor when the Mets open a three-game collection Monday towards the AL Central-leading Guardians. The Mets shortstop final performed in Cleveland in 2020 (with followers absent from the ballpark due to the pandemic). He arrived to the Mets in a commerce after that season, together with Carlos Carrasco, in a deal that despatched Andres Gimenez and Amed Rosario to Cleveland.
“Cleveland noticed me develop up into a person,” Lindor stated. “I respect the town and that group.”
Lindor, who was drafted and developed by the group, was a central determine within the franchise reaching the World Sequence in 2016. He stated he hasn’t visited Cleveland since his commerce to the Mets.
The collection in Cleveland would be the Mets’ first since 2016.
Starling Marte was absent from the beginning lineup — Mendoza didn’t need to begin him three straight days on the turf at loanDepot park — however entered the sport as a pinch hitter within the sixth and remained as the fitting fielder.
J.D. Martinez is battling a bug that has unfold all through the clubhouse and was given a break day. Martinez was out there to pinch hit if wanted, in accordance with Mendoza.
