Mets win streak meets ugly end as Peterson rocked early again

Diamondbacks 7 Mets 2 (Citi Field, Flushing, NY)

Mets record: 7-5

Mets streak: Lost 1

WP - Ryne Nelson (1-1)

LP - David Peterson (0-2)

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Carroll went 3-for-5 with two doubles, a triple, and two RBI to lead the Diamondbacks to victory. All this came after David Peterson went up and in on a pitch in the first. The lesson? Know which players you can't hack off.

Need to Know

• David Peterson made it through five innings but a four run 2nd inning was his undoing. He ended up giving up five runs on six hits and two walks while striking out six hitters. He threw 85 pitches, a season high in the short sample size of three starts.

• Sean Manaea once again mopped up for Peterson on a piggyback. Manaea went the final four innings and gave up two runs on five hits and two walks while striking out two.

• Ryne Nelson started for the Diamondbacks against Peterson, his Oregon Duck teammate. Nelson went 5 and 2/3's and gave up five hits, walking none, and striking out five hitters.

• The bulk of the offense was delivered by three guys: Bo Bichette, Luis Robert Jr., and Brett Baty. Bichette 2-fpr-4 with a run scored, Robert Jr. went 2-for-4 with a run, and Baty went 2-for-4 with an RBI.

• Carson Benge's single in the 9th was his first hit after an 0-for-24 streak.

Turning Point

Walking 9-hole hitters is a sin. Walking 9-hole hitters with two runners already on base will always come back to bite you. With Peterson struggling in the second, he had a chance to get the second out of the inning against a .176 hitter with runners on second and third. Instead, he walked Jorge Barrosa and the next two hitters went bang-bang and a 1-0 game became a 4-0 game in a blink.

Three Keys

Aggression

The Giants bore fruit by attacking David Peterson on Thursday as they had 8 hits in 16 at-bats where they made contact within the first three pitches of an at-bat. The Diamondbacks understood the assignments and were similarly aggressive against Peterson, especially in the second inning when Marte and Carroll hit bullets on the first pitch to drive in three runs combined.

It's been a distressing trend for Peterson to have these bad starts when two years ago he was known for starting out games on fire (0.43 ERA in the first and 1.71 ERA in the second in 2024.) Now, teams are getting to him early and his starts are being judged on if he can at least get the game to Manaea for his long relief stint.

The High Cheese Chase

The key to Ryne Nelson's strong start was his fastball, and more specifically his high fastball. In the first inning he struck out Francisco Lindor chasing a high fastball. Then he got Jorge Polanco to chase a 2-0 fastball up and in and would eventually get him to pop up. In the second, he struck out Mark Vientos on three high fastballs.

Then in the 4th with two runners on and a chance for the Mets to get back in the game, Nelson fell behind to Vientos 2-0. But he trusted his stuff and got Vientos to swing at a high fastball in the zone before getting him out on a pop up on another high fastball to end the threat.

Nelson's high heat looked tasty, but high heat is a seductive siren that usually leaves you wanting. Ryne played that against the Mets to his benefit.

Swag Bagged

It was a tough one for Vientos today. In addition to striking out to end the 4th, he had a chance to do damage in the 6th after Brett Baty's single made it 5-1 with two runners on base and one out. But Nelson, once again, threw nasty heat and Vientos swung and missed for the second out.

Vientos, in addition to going 0-for-4 with 2 K's (he did have a sac fly RBI), also dropped a foul pop up which earned the ire of the Citi Field faithful, but at least on Vientos' next chance he took an opportunity to win them back.