ATLANTA -- Travis d'Arnaud joked that he owes James Loney "dinner for like a week," so imagine how Jeurys Familia feels. The closer was in the ninth inning of a two-run game on Friday, seeking to set a Mets franchise record for consecutive save conversions to start a season. Familia gave up a leadoff single and then hit a batter. Just like that, his record -- and more importantly, a Mets victory at Turner Field -- was in trouble.
But a pair of bizarre defensive plays changed things rapidly. First, Wilmer Flores started a double play on a sacrifice-bunt attempt to record the inning's first two outs.