
Mets hang on for win over red-hot Padres for third straight victory
NY Post
Carlos Mendoza offered a smile and a laugh when the question was presented.
Yes, the Mets’ manager said, Edwin Diaz was available to pitch a second straight day after coming off the injured list because of a right shoulder impingement.
This was a few hours before the Mets and Padres opened a three-game series at Citi Field, well before Diaz would close out a 2-1 victory in emphatic fashion, sending the Mets to their ninth win in 13 games.
“He’s feeling good,” Mendoza said at the time.

Suddenly, someone had hit a rewind button and everyone had been transported back seven months. It was early spring instead of late fall, it was broiling hot outside the arena walls and not freezing cold. Everyone was back at TD Garden. There were 19,156 frenzied fans on their feet begging for blood, poised for the kill.












