With the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the ninth inning, Edwin Diaz was on unsteady ground.

The Mets closer was missing high on the glove side with his fastball. Then, he looked down and noticed that the front spike on one of his shoes was broken. A change of shoes apparently did the trick to get Diaz back in a groove against the Reds.

The Mets closer struck out Elly De La Cruz in the at-bat interrupted by the wardrobe change and picked up a slick defensive play from Luisangel Acuña to help the Mets escape with a 5-4 victory at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati.

"I think I was slipping a little bit, so I was missing up with my fastball," Diaz told SNY's Steve Gelbs after the game. "I didn't have my command today with my fastball. As soon as I changed, I started feeling

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