{"id":91548,"date":"2025-08-20T08:16:39","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T08:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=91548"},"modified":"2025-08-20T08:16:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T08:16:39","slug":"mets-8-nationals-1-dc-cant-handle-david-peterson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=91548","title":{"rendered":"Mets 8, Nationals 1 &#8211; DC can\u2019t handle David Peterson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.mlbstatic.com\/mlb-images\/image\/upload\/ar_16:9,g_auto,q_auto:good,w_1536,c_fill,f_jpg\/mlb\/appj4ttydxxakn0joxuh\" alt=\"David Peterson strikes out five | 07\/11\/2024 | New York Mets\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The story tonight begins and ends with David Peterson, who pitched eight innings of one run ball, giving up four hits, one run, and one walk while striking out 10. Peterson was a ground ball machine, getting nine ground balls that led to outs, including two double plays behind him.<\/p>\n<p>There were only two moments of the game where Peterson looked like he may run into trouble. In the bottom of the sixth, Andr\u00e9s Chaparro led off the sixth with a double. After a strikeout to Brady House, Jacob Young singled, putting men on the corners with one out. However, a strikeout of James Wood and a CJ Abrams fly out would end the frame without a run scoring.<\/p>\n<p>In the eighth, Dylan Crews led off the inning with a triple, only the second extra base hit against Peterson. Crews would score on a ground-ball double play that would help get Peterson out of the eighth with just one run scoring. After a really poor start last time out, Peterson rebounded spectacularly and continues to be the only Mets\u2019 starter to throw a pitch in the eighth inning.<\/p>\n<p>But even with a fantastic starting pitching performance, unless the Mets scored, it would\u2019ve all been for naught. But for naught it was not. The scoring got under way when Brandon Nimmo knocked in Francisco Lindor in the top of the third to give the Mets an early 1-0 lead. Later in that inning, Jeff McNeil doubled, scoring both Juan Soto and Nimmo to put the Mets up 3-0. For good measure, Mark Vientos cracked a two-run shot to end the inning\u2019s offense and put the Mets up 5-0.<\/p>\n<p>But that would not be all the Mets got off of Nationals starter Jake Irvin. Leading off the sixth was an absolute moonshot by Brett Baty. Irvin would make it through the sixth before giving way to Konor Pilkington, who was greeted with a Juan Soto solo shot to extend the lead further. The final blow against the Nats came in the form of a third solo home run of the night when Jeff McNeil hooked out over the right field wall to put the Mets up 8-1, a score that would stick.<\/p>\n<p>Ryne Stanek, a player whose stock has fallen considerably as of late, closed the game out with a scoreless frame, including a bare-hand play off the bat of Wood that was as cool and casual as could be. This team feels so different than they did a week ago. Let\u2019s keep this up, shall we?<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow evening sees Kodai Senga facing off against Brad Lord in the second game of this three-game series.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Big Mets winner<\/strong>: TIE! David Peterson and Jeff McNeil, +20.7% WPA<br \/>\n<strong>Big Mets loser<\/strong>: Pete Alonso, -10.2% WPA<br \/>\n<strong>Mets pitchers<\/strong>: +20.8% WPA<br \/>\n<strong>Mets hitters<\/strong>: +29.2% WPA<br \/>\n<strong>Teh aw3s0mest play<\/strong>: Jeff McNeil\u2019s two-run double, +16.6% WPA<br \/>\n<strong>Teh sux0rest play<\/strong>: Andr\u00e9s Chaparro\u2019s third inning single, -2.5% WPA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mets looked like a refreshed ball club in our nation\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":91549,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91548","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 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mets 8, Nationals 1 - DC can\u2019t handle David Peterson - News 365<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=91548\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mets 8, Nationals 1 - DC can\u2019t handle David Peterson - News 365\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Mets looked like a refreshed ball club in our nation\u2019s capital.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=91548\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"News 365\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-20T08:16:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/White-and-Red-Modern-Breaking-News-Instagram-Post-4-4.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"MrLuu\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"MrLuu\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=91548\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=91548\",\"name\":\"Mets 8, Nationals 1 - DC can\u2019t handle David Peterson - News 365\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=91548#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=91548#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/White-and-Red-Modern-Breaking-News-Instagram-Post-4-4.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-20T08:16:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-20T08:16:39+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4b0ce8eb15dad4ee0f31887a7eb66fb6\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=91548#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=91548\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=91548#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/White-and-Red-Modern-Breaking-News-Instagram-Post-4-4.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/White-and-Red-Modern-Breaking-News-Instagram-Post-4-4.jpg\",\"width\":1080,\"height\":1080},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=91548#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Mets 8, Nationals 1 &#8211; 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