David Peterson, Mets pitching join struggles as losing streak grows
David Peterson gave up five earned runs in an abbreviated outing as the Mets saw their losing streak stretch to three in loss to Giants.
SAN FRANCISCO — Throughout his career, David Peterson has had a knack for finding shortcuts through traffic, but the Giants' aggression put up a roadblock for the left-hander on Thursday night. The rush was on early and often for the Giants in the teams' series opener. Peterson gave up nine hits in the first three innings and the Mets offense continued to go into hiding in a 7-2 loss to the Giants in front of 32,073 fans on Thursday night at Oracle Park.
After a three-game series where the Mets offense could only manage five runs, unable to capitalize when their pitching staff limited the Cardinals to only seven runs, the Giants offense buried the Mets in their opener. The Mets have now fell in three straight games as they dropped to 3-4. "Back at it tomorrow.
We've got Nolan (McLean). Back at it tomorrow," Carlos Mendoza said. "We've still got an opportunity to win a series and that's what we'll do.
" Early struggles for David Peterson After Peterson made his debut against the Pirates last week, Carlos Mendoza commended the left-hander for getting the ball on the ground and slowing the game down with runners on base. The Giants did not give him that chance. With two outs in the first inning, Luis Arraez pulled a fastball off the right-field wall for an RBI triple.
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