Weaver, Williams a Winning Combo

Devin Williams has thrown five scoreless innings, struck out seven and picked up two saves. Luke Weaver has also tossed five scoreless, fanned three and earned the win on Tuesday after stranding the ghost runner in the 10th inning and setting the stage for Ronny Mauricio‘s walk-off hit.

“They are used to pitching in high-leverage situations,” Carlos Mendoza said after the 4-3 victory over Arizona. “That’s what we brought them in for. To lock games down. To keep games in there for us. And today was a perfect example. They went through some good hitters and Devin continued to execute pitches there and then for Weave in extra innings with the ghost runner to just keeping the game there. They’re used to it. They are an important part for this team and they’re going to continue to get big outs for us.”

Williams worked around two singles in the ninth, striking out Corbin Carroll with a runner on first and Adrian Del Castillo with two on to end the inning. Weaver worked a 1-2-3 inning, the ghost runner never advancing from second base. He struck out Tim Tawa swinging on a 93 mph fastball to end the frame after falling behind in the count 3-0.

Weaver always seems to have a joke on the tip of his tongue. He told reporters his biggest challenge on a chilly day at Citi Field was “trying to limit the nose blows.”

“I felt like the first one I was putting on my winter ice skates,” he said. “Make sure the hammy didn’t blow out there, thankfully we’re good. But yeah, things were firmed up on the mound from a pitching aspect. And then the winds kinda blowing in pretty hard, it’s in your face. I don’t know, I’m in a box most of the game, so the heat is on and it feels pretty good until you get out in the climate.

“So you’re really hoping to be efficient. But at the end of the day, it’s early in the season, you know you’re going to get this every year, and it’s gonna get really hot, and then we’re gonna complain about that too, so, and then we’ll get to September, and we’ll be right back where we started. So just happy to be here.”

The bullpen has been a strength for the Mets (7-4) through 11 games. It is 3-2 with a 1.45 ERA (second in MLB to the Braves) and 1.11 WHIP (fifth) over 43 1/3 innings (12th).

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