The Mets bullpen pitched 3 1/3 scoreless innings on Sunday during their 4-1 win over the Cubs in Game 2 of the NLCS.
“They don’t care who is in the game, just get it done,” manager Terry Collins said of his relievers. “When they get their opportunity, they’re ready, because they want to be part of it.”
Noah Syndergaard allowed an RBI double to Kris Bryant in the sixth inning, after which Jon Niese entered and struck out Anthony Rizzo to end the threat.
“I haven’t used Jon, really, as a primary to get a lefty out,” Collins said. “He came in tonight and got a huge out for us.”
Addison Reed and Tyler Clippard, both pitching for the third time since Oct. 4, each tossed scoreless innings to set up Jeurys Familia.
“I was itching to get out there,” Clippard said. “It was nice to get in a game like that. I felt good. … We’ve had some great outings from our starters, guys who went deep, Fam’s picked them up. It’s been a great team effort so far and it was nice for me to get out there and contribute a little bit and get some reps.”
Familia, who pitched two innings in Game 5 of the NLDS and 1 1/3 innings on Saturday, recorded his fourth save of the playoffs with a scoreless ninth inning.
“Our bullpen went unnoticed because of the job Noah did, but they were outstanding tonight,” Collins said.
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I had been fearing Niese, because I don’t think experimenting is smart in such a big spot. But, he did great. He was pumped up leaving the field and should be confident about his next appearance. Clippard was still floating pitches in to the strike zone and, frankly, should be thankful he got through unscathed. Reed, however, did a terrific job. He pitched up and in and got pop up after pop up, doing what he did best when he was rolling toward the end of the regular season. For the first time this October, he looked like the guy in September that had people saying he should be Familia’s set-up man. Lastly, in regards to Familia, he looked a bit tired, for first time this postseason. He’s pitched a lot in intense situations this season. I hope he’s not starting to lose steam. In either case, as a group, they looked great Sunday. It seemed like Collins was afraid to go to these guys, as he’d been skipping over them frequently going to Bartolo Colon in the NLDS. Last night, he approached the end of the game in a more traditional way and it paid off…
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