{"id":705368,"date":"2026-05-22T02:30:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T02:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/705368\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T02:30:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T02:30:17","slug":"devin-williams-overcomes-rookies-miscue-to-snag-save-in-mets-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/705368\/","title":{"rendered":"Devin Williams overcomes rookie&#8217;s miscue to snag save in Mets&#8217; win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 Devin Williams should have had one out in the ninth inning Thursday, but a misread by his center fielder placed the Mets lead in jeopardy.<\/p>\n<p>A.J. Ewing initially broke backward on Daylen Lile\u2019s fly ball to center and upon recovery had to lunge for a ball that popped out of his glove for a leadoff double.<\/p>\n<p>But Williams has dominated after a rocky transition to the Mets. And Thursday, he recorded three straight outs without Lile advancing beyond third base, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/05\/21\/sports\/david-petersons-powers-mets-to-win-over-nationals-as-his-revival-continues\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">securing a 2-1 victory over the Nationals<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It was the 10th straight scoreless appearance for Williams, who earned his seventh save in eight chances.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like I\u2019m on a good streak here and I am trying to keep it going,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The right-hander credited a mechanical adjustment for his improvement over a rough April stretch in which he surrendered eight earned runs over four appearances.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s basically my starting position \u2014 the way I am starting with my hands, it\u2019s just a lot more comfortable for me,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.48191027;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39453998\" width=\"874\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779417017_940_Devin-Williams.jpg\" alt=\"Devin Williams celebrates after closing out the Mets' 2-1 win over the Nationals on May 21, 2026 in Washington.\" class=\"wp-image-39453998\"  \/>Devin Williams celebrates after closing out the Mets\u2019 2-1 win over the Nationals on May 21, 2026 in Washington. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Williams said during his struggles he was experimenting with a new starting position with his hands because of concern he was tipping his pitches. <\/p>\n<p>But now he\u2019s found a new comfort zone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have a lot of reps coming from there, so it was always kind of a struggle for me coming set with my hands at my belt,\u201d Williams said. \u201cSo we just changed it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Mets have received strong work from not just Williams, but the back end of their bullpen overall. Huascar Brazob\u00e1n, Brooks Raley and Luke Weaver are the other key components. The group, including Williams, combined for four scoreless innings Thursday.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are aggressive, they are attacking hitters, they are sticking to their strength,\u201d manager Carlos Mendoza said. \u201cA perfect example was in the ninth inning there with a runner on third base and less than two outs. Devin gets behind in the count and he sticks to the changeup there. He gets to 3-1, gets the swing and miss and then gets a strikeout. It comes down to them executing, but also sticking to who they are.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WASHINGTON \u2014 Devin Williams should have had one out in the ninth inning Thursday, but a misread by&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":705369,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2396],"tags":[3883,5,83,101,4,1690,61,2548,4203,185],"class_list":["post-705368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-mets","tag-a-j-ewing","tag-baseball","tag-devin-williams","tag-mets","tag-mlb","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-mets","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkmets","tag-sports"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116615880972490972","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=705368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/705369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=705368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=705368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=705368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}