VIDEO: Wilson Ramos Bobbles and Somehow Holds onto Game-Winning Pitch From Edwin Diaz
By Will Fowler
All year long, the Mets bullpen has been blowing saves. With the tying run at the plate and two outs on Monday, there seemed a chance it would happen again -- until this happened.
Boy, could you imagine the memes if Ramos dropped that ball and the Yankees tied it? Being that close and still finding a way to lose? It would have been relentless. Thank goodness for Mets fans that didn't happen.
In a lost season for New York -- one in which the first-year general manager said to "come get us" before the season started -- a win against its crosstown rival is absolutely one of the high points. Especially a win that had this kind of ending.
The win was more than just comic relief, though -- by holding the Yankees without a home run, it ended New York's streak of 31 consecutive games with a long ball. That in itself is something for the Mets to hang their hats on.