NY Mets drop 3 straight as David Peterson gets shelled in San Francisco

The NY Mets lost 7-2 to the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park on Thursday night, dropping their third straight game and falling to 3-4 on the young season. David Peterson was handed the loss, and his 4.1-inning outing did most of the damage before the offense ever had a real chance to respond.

Peterson retired the first batter of the bottom of the 1st before the Giants scored on an RBI triple from Luis Arraez, a run-scoring double from Matt Chapman, and then a gift — an error by Peterson himself on a Jung Hoo Lee grounder that allowed Chapman to score. Three runs in the first inning, and the tone was set. The Mets would not recover.

Mark Vientos gave the lineup a pulse in the top of the 2nd, crushing his first homer of the season to pull it to 3-2. It was the closest the Mets would get.

Peterson came back out for the 3rd and gave up 2 more runs on a pair of sacrifice flies, one each from Jung Hoo Lee and Harrison Bader, after back-to-back singles and another single loaded the bases. He finished the night having allowed 6 runs (5 unearned) on 9 hits across 4.1 innings, walking 2 and striking out 5. His ERA now sits at 4.66.

Manaea Holds, But It Was Too Late

Sean Manaea replaced Peterson in the 5th and was genuinely solid. He allowed just 1 run on 4 hits across 3.2 innings, working around traffic and keeping the game from becoming a blowout. A Casey Schmitt RBI single in the 5th pushed it to 6-2, which was the last time San Francisco actually scored.

The offense, though, had nothing left after the 2nd. Francisco Lindor went 0-for-2 with 2 walks. Juan Soto scored in the 1st on Bo Bichette‘s RBI double, and Vientos accounted for the other RBI with his solo shot. Beyond that, the lineup went quiet. Jorge Polanco, Luis Robert Jr., Marcus Semien, and Tyrone Taylor combined for 1 hit and 10 at-bats. Francisco Alvarez went 1-for-3. The team struck out 10 times.

Rafael Devers’ solo shot in the 6th made it 7-2 and effectively closed the book. Blade Tidwell threw a clean 9th to preserve the final.

Peterson’s early implosion set the tone, but the offense never made it a game. 5 hits, 2 runs, and 10 strikeouts against a Giants staff that isn’t exactly lights out. Both sides of this roster let the other one down tonight, and that’s the kind of loss that lingers. The Mets have now dropped 3 straight, and until the rotation and the lineup start pulling in the same direction on the same night, the record is going to keep reflecting that.