The Mets had a less than ideal scenario develop on Tuesday night in the eighth inning as Eduardo Escobar hit a solo home run off Brad Brach to put the Arizona Diamondbacks within a run of tying the game.

Mickey Callaway allowed Brach to pitch to one more batter, right-handed hitter Christian Walker, before replacing him with Justin Wilson. The southpaw walked Josh Rojas before inducing an Adam Jones groundout to end the inning.

Due to the fact that Seth Lugo was unavailable since he pitched two innings on Monday, the Mets had two choices for their closer on Tuesday.

They could either keep Justin Wilson in for a four-out save or they could put in Edwin Diaz, who was supposed to be their All-Star caliber closer this season, but instead has become one of the most unreliable arms in the Mets’ bullpen.

Callaway went with Wilson, knowing full-well that putting Diaz in a one-run save situation was by no means the best method to secure a victory.

To start the inning, Wilson allowed a single to Nick Ahmed, but proceeded to get a groundout to first base that allowed Ahmed to advance to second with one out. Kevin Cron then hit a single to left field that Ahmed couldn’t score on putting runners on first and third with one out.

Ketel Marte proceeded to ground out to Pete Alonso, but after stepping on first base, Alonso decided to strangely throw to third base which allowed pinch-runner Tim Locastro to advance to second to put the tying and go-ahead run in scoring position.

With Wilmer Flores at the plate and Diaz still warming in the bullpen, Callaway had to re-think his decision, but still stuck with his gut feeling. It paid dividends as Wilson struck out Flores to secure the Mets’ victory and a four-out save, throwing 33 pitches in the process.

“I just had to. We all know the struggles that Diaz has had and Wilson has been really good,” Callaway said. “I felt like at that point it was Wilson, maybe until it was tied unless he just couldn’t throw a strike to Wilmer or something, but he willed it.

Wilson, 32, has certainly had better games this season than he did on Tuesday, sporting a superb 2.38 ERA, 1.294 WHIP, and 3.98 FIP to go along with 9.8 K/9 as compared to 3.7 BB/9 in 39 appearances.

“He didn’t have his best command, but he dug deep and got through it,” Callaway said. “He’s going to need a day or two off, but it’s worth it for the win tonight. He was unbelievable. He just kind of willed that game, that save, and that’s what you have to do at this point…You have to fight through it and somehow get the job done, and that’s what he did.”

Diaz, 25, has not proven to be able to fight through these outings, though, having blown two saves last week on Tuesday and Friday. Those were his sixth and seventh blown saves of the season, and with an ERA sitting at 5.77, there’s no suggestion that he’s going to become that reliable closer soon.

“I’m noting saying we’re going to run from Diaz,” Callaway said. “He’s going to get his chances too, but tonight we called down there in the eighth and asked Wilson if he could get four outs for us, and he did.”