39 Jerry Blevins RP

Blevins tossed a perfect ninth inning on his way to the save Monday against the Reds.

Blevins induced two flyballs and a groundout to end the ballgame after tossing 12 of 17 pitches for strikes. Following Monday's appearance, he's recorded six straight scoreless outings, and he owns a 4.08 ERA and 1.40 WHIP with 25 strikeouts across 28.2 innings this season.

Blevins (personal) returned from the bereavement list Monday, Tim Healey of Newsday reports.

Blevins will return to the bullpen after a short stint on the bereavement list. He'll be available for Game 2 of Monday's doubleheader against the Phillies.

Blevins (personal) is expected to come off the bereavement list Monday, Matt Ehalt of The Bergen Record reports.

Blevins left the team Friday, and after missing the Mets' three-game series against the Rays, he'll return to the bullpen for the Monday's double-header versus Philadelphia. He's posted a 4.79 ERA and 1.50 WHIP with 18 strikeouts through 20.2 innings in 2018.

Blevins was placed on the bereavement list Friday.

Players on the bereavement list must ,miss between three and seven games, so Blevins will return as early as Monday or as late as next Friday. Paul Sewald was called up to take his place in the bullpen.

Blevins gave up two runs on a pair of solo home runs in two innings while striking out three against the Dodgers on Sunday.

This was the definition of an emergency starter, as Blevins made his first career start in his 533rd career game after Jason Vargas (calf), who was scheduled to start Sunday, was unexpectedly placed on the DL late on Saturday, forcing the Mets into a bullpen game. Blevins figures to return to the bullpen immediately.