Edwin Díaz Makes Baseball History

After closing three games in three days, Edwin Díaz was supposed to have Sunday off. It didn’t look like the Mariners would need him anyway, as they trailed the Astros heading to the ninth. But Ryon Healy homered to tie the game, and then Mitch Haniger doubled in the go-ahead run in the 10th, and Díaz told his bullpen coach to pick up the phone and tell manager Scott Servais he wanted to go four-for-four.
“I got a welcomed call from our closer. He said, ‘If we got the lead, I’m in the game.