Jeurys Familia pitched the eighth and ninth inning of Game 5, with a one-run lead, to earn the first six-out save of his career.
Familia struck out two batters and tossed just 21 pitches. He did not allow a baserunner.
“We’ve got, in my opinion, if he’s not the best closer in the National League, he’s one of the best closers in all of baseball,” Terry Collins said after the game.
In the seventh inning, Collins used Noah Syndergaard, who struck out two and did not allow run. However, instead of using him again in the eighth inning, he went to Familia, who struck out swinging with runners on the base in the top of the inning.
“You’d be kicking yourself if they scored a run off somebody else when that guy should be in the game in a game like tonight that means everything,” Collins said of the decision to throw Familia, and let him hit, in the eighth inning, despite a one-run lead. “So we stayed with the plan, and it worked.”
Familia has retired all 16 batters faced this postseason.
It was the first six-out save for the Mets in the postseason since Jesse Orosco in Game 7 of the 1986 World Series.
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I didn’t like it at the time. And, judging by the text messages I was getting, and looking at social media, I wasn’t alone. Syndergaard looked so dominant and fresh, and knowing the pitcher’s spot would be due up the following inning, in such a close game, I think I would have left Syndergaard in to throw the eighth inning. At the very least, with Familia up in the pen, he could have come in had a batter reached base. In such a tight game, the chance for that extra run seemed important to me. But, TC went with Familia, he let him hit, the Mets didn’t score, and it didn’t matter. Familia looked tremendous, as he did all series, he shut the door and that was that. It all worked out. I still don’t think it was the right move, despite the win. But, I can’t argue — and I’m thankful for — the result…
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