'Aggressive' Edwin Diaz rebounds with dominant fastball for 'resilient' Mets

After a gut-punch loss on Wednesday night that saw closer Edwin Diaz give up a go-ahead grand slam in the eighth inning, the Mets had only a few hours to stew on the defeat and be ready for the next day.“They’re resilient, they want it,” manager Carlos Mendoza said before the game. “We’ve been here before, we have some tough losses and we’ve shown the ability to bounce back. You gotta give them credit, staying in the moment of forget about what happened the day before, not worry about what’s in the future, just making sure we do what we need to do to take care of business today. And that’s the mentality.”And that’s exactly what happened as David Peterson pitched another seven solid innings, Pete Alonso and Francisco Lindor homered, Jose Iglesias drove in the go-ahead run in the top of the ninth and Diaz delivered a 1-2-3 ninth, including blowing fastballs by Lourdes Guriel Jr. and Josh Bell, to slam the door.“Huge, huge win, especially the way we did it,” Mendoza said after Thursday’s...