Diaz recorded his fourth save of the season in Friday's 3-1 win over the Indians, notching three strikeouts over a scoreless 1.1 innings.
Manager Scott Servais recently alluded to the fact that Diaz could see some outside-the-box usage for a closer, namely, some multi-inning work when he deemed necessary. Such a situation cropped up Friday, as the young right-hander set down Edwin Encarnacion with two outs in the eighth and Francisco Lindor on second. He then impressively retired the dangerous trio of Jose Ramirez, Jason Kipnis and Lonnie Chisenhall in the ninth, giving him his second save in as many nights.