In another time, the sound resonating through Citi Field in the ninth inning Friday night would have been “Br-uuuuce.”
But these were boos raining on Edwin Diaz after Jay Bruce, of all people, had knocked in the go-ahead run, continuing the Mets closer’s personal hell against the Phillies.
Yada, yada, yada. Diaz would record just one out in an inning in which five runs scored, sinking the Mets in a 7-2 loss on Seinfeld Night.
The Mets matched a season’s low-point by falling 10 games below .500, wasting a strong start from Jacob deGrom on a night the offense couldn’t generate much against Vince Velasquez and the Phillies bullpen.