Another day, another dramatic comeback win for the . And also another crushing loss for the . Saturday afternoon the Giants erased a one-run ninth inning deficit against before breaking the game open in the tenth ( ).
It was San Francisco's fourth straight come-from-behind win. "It's just kind of what we're doing right now," . "We talk about it everyday, it's the 27th out.
Until then every at-bat means as much in the first as in the ninth. We seem to have a little flair for the dramatic here recently." The Mets have lost five straight games and, in each of the last three, the bullpen let a late lead slip away.
Friday night crushed a grand slam against setup man in the eighth inning to turn the game around. On Saturday, hooked a pinch-hit single to right field to tie the game against Díaz. Here's the game-tying hit: , enough that the Mets removed him from the closer's role earlier this week, but the rest of the bullpen has been so shaky as of late that manager Carlos Mendoza went to Díaz in the ninth inning Saturday.
The result was his fourth blown save of the season and his third in his last three save chances. He has a 5.40 ERA.
"He's going through it right now," . "Obviously, had a week to work on some things. And today gets ambushed on the first pitch of the inning, strikeout, then obviously Wade ball down the line.
We've got to continue to stay with him, work with him and get him through it because he's a big part of our bullpen." Reliever allowed a single and a bases.
