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No matter what the Mets have asked of Trevor Williams, he has delivered.
Whatever his role, the flexible righty is delivering zeroes.
The Mets bumped the swingman into the rotation for the front end of a doubleheader against the Phillies on Saturday afternoon. And with both Carlos Carrasco and Taijuan Walker injured, Williams responded as he has all season. He threw four more scoreless innings — with plenty of help from his defense and bullpen — in the Mets’ 8-2 win at Citizens Bank Park.
“Every good club has to have someone like that,” manager Buck Showalter said of Williams. “Not once has he ever put himself over what the team’s needs are.”
Williams allowed four hits and walked two, finding his way out of a couple of jams while pushing his scoreless streak to 24 straight innings. He has not allowed a run since July 2, and his ERA dropped to 2.84 in 69 ²/₃ innings this season.
He is not overpowering — Phillies batters swung at 29 of his pitches and missed just four — but he continues to get the job done.
