Darin Ruf Had An Oddly Efficient Game Monday Night

Ruf Saves The Day

There’s always a silver lining.

For the Mets, it was Ruf saving the bullpen giving them two scoreless innings.

Granted, the game had been delayed thanks to some rain, so it makes sense as to why the Mets chose to do this.

The game went late, and they were being blown out anyway, so using Ruf helped save a taxed bullpen a couple of innings.

He also didn’t walk a batter.

He only allowed one hit.

That’s how efficient he was.

You never go into a game where you need a position player to pitch some and save the bullpen and expect him to be efficient.

But Ruf did exactly what the Mets needed him to do last night, and he made some history while he was at it.

He was the only Mets pitcher that did not allow a run last night.

Position players pitching has become a nice little trend over the past few months.

Ruf is just the latest addition to the all-exclusive club.