If you are getting in your car after what was a beautiful, gorgeous Thursday afternoon at City Field,

let me just say, oh my God, the Mets had a 4-0 lead against the Washington Nationals.

It was a mostly happy day on a Thursday afternoon other than the Senga injury scare,

and we'll get you an update as soon as it's available.

And with a 4-0 lead in the ninth inning, Ryan Stannock gave up back-to-back-to-back-ins.

And so Carlos Mendoza said, ah, 4-1 game, 2-1, nobody out.

Let me go to Edwin Diaz.

Come on, Diaz, save us.

Save us.

Don't let this be a disaster.

And Edwin Diaz promptly came into the game, and he walked Nathaniel Lau on four pitches.

Then, after that, he falls behind Josh Bell, an old nemesis, and Bell rips one up the middle for a base hit.

And so all of a sudden, an easy 4-0-0 victory was 4-2 with the bases loaded and nobody out.

And a credit to Edwin Diaz because what really changed things was when he got Ahmed Rosario as a pinch hitter.

I'm sorry, he was a pinch runner.

Alex Call, who's a Metciller on a 2-1 pitch to pop up the second base. So, sorry, he was a pinch runner. Alex Call, who's a Met Killer,

on a 2-1 pitch to pop up the second base.

So, okay, got that first out, right?

And then, when he got ahead of Jose Tena,

Francisco Alvarez, could not get in front of a ball that should have been called a pass ball.

I don't even know what they scored.

Actually, scored it in a wild pitch.

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