NEW YORK — If that was David Peterson’s last start of the season, it’s one that he’ll be stewing over all winter.
Peterson, who was making his 19th start of the year, walked each of the first three hitters he faced. After finding the zone to strike out Cubs’ cleanup hitter Patrick Wisdom, the next two hitters both thumped two-run doubles. That was it for Peterson, who is now the owner of the Mets’ shortest start of the year, and goes down as the losing pitcher in this 6-3 defeat.
Four runs on the board, one out, and a very long walk to the dugout for Peterson put the Mets in great position to get swept. Several hours later, the Cubs completed that task despite not getting any more runs after the first inning. Trevor Williams came on in relief of Peterson in the first inning and let one of his inherited runners score, then coughed up an earned run of his own to put the Mets down six before they even got to hit. The top of the first inning lasted roughly 25 minutes, but ask anyone in attendance, and it felt significantly longer than that.
