David

Peterson

Peterson gave up six hits, walked four and struck out three. It wasn’t a great start, but Peterson escaped a jam in the first inning that allowed the Mets to take control of the game. After a Shohei Ohtani single and Mookie Betts double, the Dodgers had runners on second and third with nobody out. Peterson retired Teoscar Hernandez, Freddie Freeman and Tommy Edman in order to get out of the inning without allowing any runs. The Mets would take the lead in the bottom of the first inning and didn’t look back. Peterson left the game in the fourth inning, but the Mets had an 8-2 lead at that point. He could be used out of the bullpen as the series shifts to Los Angeles for Games 6 and 7 if necessary.

Edwin Diaz was already used earlier in the game so when the Mets took the lead in the ninth the team was scrambling for a closer. Peterson, having not pitched in the series to this point, stepped up and closed the door on the Brewers by inducing a Brice Turang double play. Peterson figures to start in the NLDS against the Phillies, though the Mets have a bevy of rotation options.

This was a legacy start for David Peterson. Mets’ announcer Keith Hernandez said it’s a game that, “his teammates will always remember and look at him differently for.” He worked all five of his pitches masterfully and each forced at least one swing-and-miss. The Brewers could only muster one hit against him and it was an infield single. All in all, this was a masterful start and one the Mets needed badly.

Manaea had been scheduled to start Thursday, following David Peterson on Wednesday, before both games against the Braves were postponed. Moving him ahead of Peterson now would allow him to come back earlier in a potential Wild Card series.

What a mess this is going to be for two teams that are both favored to make it into the postseason at the moment. Tonight’s game was supposed to feature David Peterson and Chris Sale. We’re guessing Sale will now pitch Friday against the Royals. Peterson could be pushed behind Sean Manaea in the Mets rotation.

This game started well for Peterson who struck out Kyle Schwaber and Bryce Harper in the first inning and amassed 10 total swings-and-misses in the first two. Yet, the Phillies kept making consistently hard contact and the floodgates opened in the fourth when they hit three straight balls over 106 MPH and chased Peterson after five runs were on the board. This was his second straight outing against the Phillies which is an incredibly difficult task and resulted in his shortest outing of the season. He’s lined up to face the Braves in Atlanta next time out.

This was a huge and necessary bounce-back for Peterson after being blown up by the Blue Jays in his last start. All four of his pitches – fastball, sinker, change, and slider – were on point and kept the Phillies guessing all afternoon. He wound up with 18 swings-and-misses, just two off his season high. Yet, he allowed 14 hard-hit balls and seemed to run out of gas in the eighth inning where he allowed consecutive doubles to Weston Wilson and Buddy Kennedy to give up his only run of the game and the Mets’ lead. He will face these same Phillies again next weekend at home.

A bad time for an off night from Peterson, who failed to go five innings in a start for the first time since July 6 and gave up eight hits for just the second time in 18 starts this year. The loss was only his second opposite nine victories. He’ll likely miss the Phillies this weekend and get the Nationals at home on Monday, which is good for those rostering him.

What a tremendous effort by the 28-year-old lefty, who induced 20 whiffs on 49 swings for a 41 percent whiff rate and 40 percent CSW. As has been the case with many starters against the Red Sox of late, Peterson just dared the Red Sox to hit his fastball, and they couldn’t. Peterson has now allowed two earned runs or fewer in seven consecutive starts since August 3 and will carry a 2.75 ERA into a solid start against the Blue Jays. It’s hard to bench him right now.

Peterson limited Arizona’s sizzling-hot lineup to just seven hits with a third-inning homer by lefty-masher Randal Grichuk accounting for the only damage against him over seven strong frames. He struck out four and only issued a pair of walks. The 28-year-old lefty has allowed two earned runs or fewer in six consecutive starts since August 3. A quick look under the hood at his expected stats indicates there’s some regression looming, but Peterson continues to outperform expectations. He’ll face the Red Sox on Tuesday in his next outing.