PHILADELPHIA — Jeurys Familia can pitch the final inning, too.
The right-hander was entrusted with the closer’s role Saturday night and finished the job, with a scoreless 11th inning to nail down the Mets’ 2-1 victory over the Phillies.
After appearing in consecutive games with a bothersome right calf, Jenrry Mejia was unavailable to pitch, leaving the closer’s role to Familia. Mejia allowed a run on two hits Friday, but got the final three outs for his 17th save.
Familia got two quick outs in the 11th on Saturday before Ryan Howard singled and Marlon Byrd walked. But Familia retired Domonic Brown to end the game and earn his second save in six tries.
“I don’t feel pressure,” Familia said. “I’m just trying to do my job, make the hitter make contact and get a ground ball.”
Matt Harvey threw 29 pitches off the slope of the mound in Port St. Lucie, Fla. The right-hander, who is recovering from Tommy John surgery, has thrown from a mound three times in eight days.
Bobby Parnell played catch for the first time since undergoing Tommy John surgery in April.
Daisuke Matsuzaka had a 38-pitch bullpen session and is expected to pitch a minor league rehab game this week.
Manager Terry Collins recently spoke with Curtis Granderson to ensure the veteran outfielder is still comfortable batting leadoff.
“He’s very comfortable doing it,” Collins said. “One thing he can do, that pitcher doesn’t know if he’s swinging or not, so he can do damage. Those guys who can hit the ball over the fence, if they are ambushing you early in the count, you’ve got to make pitches.”
Granderson, who went 2-for-5, led off the 11th inning with a single and later scored on Lucas Duda’s single.
Eric Campbell will fill Chris Young’s previous role, according to Collins, and get opportunities to play the outfield against many lefty starters. Campbell went 1-for-4 with a walk, but is mired in a 4-for-26 (.154) slump.
Former Phillies manager Charlie Manuel, who was inducted into the team’s Hall of Fame during a pregame ceremony, visited the Mets’ dugout to congratulate Bartolo Colon on getting career victory No. 200 Friday night. Manuel, who was Colon’s manager with the Indians beginning in 2000, asked the veteran pitcher if he remembered him.