{"id":64523,"date":"2025-05-26T08:19:42","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T08:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=64523"},"modified":"2025-05-26T08:22:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T08:22:41","slug":"how-mets-david-peterson-made-shohei-ohtani-look-human","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=64523","title":{"rendered":"How Mets\u2019 David Peterson made Shohei Ohtani \u2018look human\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<nav aria-label=\"articleLabel\">\n<ol id=\"articleLabel__list\">\n<li id=\"articleLabel__listItem\">Met<\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2216900153.jpg?w=1800&amp;resize=1800,1800\" alt=\"Mets' David Peterson makes Shohei Ohtani 'look human'\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/nav>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\">\n<article id=\"arc-PPHSQIOBQNGQNGB7IVQPYBU73Y\" data-type=\"article\">\n<div>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<div><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/resizer\/v2\/VYYGLY7SO5A4JFHQYIKNWA24HE.jpg?auth=844b9c9046a8b9805f1c4a924a51a54f3f75d9a7cd8d707aecac96cda0f7bbf1&amp;width=500&amp;quality=90 500w\" media=\"(max-width: 500px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/resizer\/v2\/VYYGLY7SO5A4JFHQYIKNWA24HE.jpg?auth=844b9c9046a8b9805f1c4a924a51a54f3f75d9a7cd8d707aecac96cda0f7bbf1&amp;width=800&amp;quality=90 800w\" media=\"(max-width: 800px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/resizer\/v2\/VYYGLY7SO5A4JFHQYIKNWA24HE.jpg?auth=844b9c9046a8b9805f1c4a924a51a54f3f75d9a7cd8d707aecac96cda0f7bbf1&amp;width=1280&amp;quality=90 1280w\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Los Angeles Dodgers&#8217; Shohei Ohtani (17), of Japan, reacts after striking out during the first inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets Saturday, May 24, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo\/Frank Franklin II)AP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p id=\"PHRREU36RBHDRDNDXBJ5HHL4L4\"><b>NEW YORK \u2014 <\/b>Mets manager Carlos Mendoza already got what he needed from starter David Peterson by the time Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani stepped up to the plate with a chance to tie the game in the eighth inning.<\/p>\n<p id=\"SHP7NJPPVNA2RHVCIF3CXUETPI\">Yet, despite closer Edwin D\u00edaz being ready, Mendoza let Peterson face Ohtani a fourth time. And the result, like in his previous three plate appearances, wasn\u2019t good for baseball\u2019s three-time MVP.<\/p>\n<p id=\"OTME2FYDWJHEDANDBL2Q6OJG3M\">After losing a slider up and in for a ball, Peterson challenged Ohtani with a sinker and two sliders \u2014 strike one, two, and three, leaving Ohtani 0-for-4 with three strikeouts.<\/p>\n<p id=\"47T3YBYVR5AMHE4UR263QHMRN4\">\u201cI think he made him look human,\u201d Mendoza said after Saturday\u2019s 5-2 win.<\/p>\n<p id=\"BANQB4NNC5AMTE4GYTRYR3Z5QA\">\u201cHe\u2019s just another hitter,\u201d Peterson said after the game. \u201cHe\u2019s one of nine in their lineup, and that\u2019s how I look at everybody. Obviously, he\u2019s a great player and he\u2019s done what he\u2019s done in this game, (but) they have a lot of great hitters over there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"PVHVWDGEVRCPNOJYFX7KX6FQ6Y\">Entering Saturday\u2019s game at Citi Field, Ohtani was batting .302 with a 1.040 OPS and had an NL-best 17 home runs. After Peterson, he walked away depleted average and OPS, and struck out three times for the first time since April 22.<\/p>\n<p id=\"5F42QFRUQNHOLAHESMZN7T62N4\">How did Peterson do it?<\/p>\n<p id=\"EGVM5VSXZRC7BF7CVD7PSFMPKY\">\u201cI\u2019m not telling you that,\u201d Peterson said with a sly smile. \u201cWe had our game plan, and when it\u2019s time for the game, it\u2019s all about executing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"EYOAJIRHZBBALHNJAOH3S6EONU\">After depleting the bullpen in Friday\u2019s 13-inning slog, Peterson provided the Mets with much-needed length on Saturday. The left-hander allowed two runs on five hits and two walks, and struck out seven in a career-high-matching 7 2\/3 innings \u2014 the longest outing by a Mets\u2019 starter this season.<\/p>\n<p id=\"IJF5XWITYNCZ3CTW6RLPWX6GHA\">\u201cThat\u2019s a big boy performance right there,\u201d Mendoza said. \u201cFor him to go back out for the eighth and just keeping the game there, giving us a chance to win a baseball game, that was pretty impressive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"L3CF6UZJ7RBMLPZM4OQT7XP4SI\">He handed the ball directly to D\u00edaz, who recorded the final four outs for his 11th save of the season.<\/p>\n<section data-gaid=\":R3f2q6:\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p id=\"OE4QMH2BDNCW7G2IC5Q5NX4HKQ\">\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dodgers&#8217; Shohei Ohtani was 0-for-4 with three strikeouts against Mets&#8217; David Peterson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":64526,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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