Tazewell High School graduate and New York Mets closer Billy Wagner has been untouchable thus far this season.

No really, the 36-year-old left-hander has been simply outstanding. Lights out. Dominant. Pure nasty. Thrown in about 100 more adjectives to describe how the diminutive country boy has performed in the season’s first month.

Wagner worked another scoreless inning on Wednesday night to wrap up the Mets’ 7-2 win over the Washington Nationals. After walking Austin Kearns to start the inning, Wagner struck out former teammate Lastings Milledge (you know he had to like that one), got Wily Mo Pena to fly out and then fanned Wil Nieves to end the game and help the Mets improve to 11-9.

In eight outings spanning eight innings, Wagner has not allowed a hit, walked two and struck out eight. He’s also notched four saves, bringing his career total to 362.