Bo Bichette drives in 2, Mets earn series split with a 2-1 win over the Nationals
Bo Bichette hit a two-run single, David Peterson earned his first victory as a starter this season, and the New York Mets beat the Washington Nationals 2-1 Thursday to earn a four-game series split. New York avoided its first three-game skid since April 24-26 in winning for the seventh time in 10 games. Washington slipped to 25-26 and failed to move above .
500 this deep into a season for the first time since it was 40-39 on July 1, 2021.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Bo Bichette hit a two-run single , David Peterson earned his first victory as a starter this season, and the New York Mets beat the Washington Nationals 2-1 Thursday to earn a four-game series split. New York avoided its first three-game skid since April 24-26 in winning for the seventh time in 10 games. Washington slipped to 25-26 and failed to move above .
500 this deep into a season for the first time since it was 40-39 on July 1, 2021. Peterson (3-4) escaped early trouble against the Nationals, who entered the game averaging a MLB-leading 5. 58 runs.
He escaped a bases-loaded threat in the first and worked out of a two-on jam in the second. Washington had two runners in scoring position with no outs in the fifth, but managed only an RBI groundout by Andrés Chaparro. Peterson, making his first start since an April 29 loss to Washington, allowed one run and four hits in five innings while striking out three.