Don Mattingly called it the right decision. Others watching Mattingly do what the New York Mets couldn't on Wednesday, which was to spoil Jarlin Garcia's no-hit bid, might have begged to differ.
Mattingly pulled the plug on Garcia after only six innings and 77 pitches, and the floodgates opened when the first-place Mets rallied for their eighth straight victory and a sweep of the series.
"Pretty easy one there with Jarlin," Mattingly said of his debatable decision to lift Garcia. "I know he's got a no-hitter. But, at that point, I know he's not going to make it.