Struggling closer Edwin Diaz may have cast a shadow over the Mets’ pitching Friday night, but on the flip side, Brad Brach has gotten off to a decent start in Queens.
Brach made his 10th appearance as a Met in Friday’s series-opening 5-4 win over the Phillies, when he entered in the sixth inning with the bases loaded.
He relieved Luis Avilan, who had inherited runners on first and third from starter Steven Matz ad just given up a game-tying, two-out double to Maikel Franco in the fifth before getting pulled after 109 pitches in 5²/u2083 innings.