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“It was just more usage,” Mendoza said of the decision to sit Diaz on Sunday. “The two ups the last time there with a hit, and then he threw 21 pitches, I think it was the day before.
New York Mets closer Edwin Diaz joined a very exclusive club on Monday night when he recorded his 800th career strikeout.
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Diaz picked up the save in Saturday's 2-1 win over the Giants. He allowed one hit and no walks across a scoreless inning. He struck out one.
"He was electric today," Mets first baseman Pete Alonso said after Díaz threw 17 pitches, including 10 strikes, in a 1-2-3 ninth inning.
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Diaz, as he has done this season, managed to get the final out to post the save. In this case, Mendoza recognized that he had asked too much of Kranick and he altered course.
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