David Peterson’s struggles continue in 6-2 Mets loss

Nairavoice | Jun 22, 2026 1h ago 45 0 5 min read

David Peterson’s struggles continue in 6-2 Mets loss

After splitting the first two games, the Mets failed to win the series-clinching third game against the Phillies on Sunday night, 6-2 the final at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia.

The Mets record is now 34-43, dead last in the NL East division by 5.5 games and 6.0 games out of an NL Wild Card spot.

Here are the takeaways…

— Former Met Zack Wheeler was on the bump tonight for the Phillies. The righty has been on fire lately, and he wasted no time getting to work on Sunday evening, generating swinging strikeouts to sit down Carson Benge and Bo Bichette before putting away Juan Soto on a groundout.

— Mets southpaw David Peterson was handed the ball for this rubber match in Philadelphia. He opened the bottom of the first by walking Trea Turner and Kyle Schwarber, but hung tough to strike out Bryce Harper on a 3-2 count. Mets third baseman Brett Baty cleanly fielded a sharply hit ground ball by the foul line, but his off-balance throw was wild. Alec Bohm reached first base safely and the speedy Turner took advantage of the misplay and came around to score. Moments later, Phillies utility player Edmundo Sosa legged out an infield single on a dribbler to Mets shortstop Bo Bichette. The first inning ended with the Phillies leading 2-0 after Peterson struck out Brandon Marsh and J.T. Realmuto lined out.

— First baseman Jared Young batted cleanup for the Mets tonight, and started off the second inning with a single up the middle. A.J. Ewing kept things rolling by punching a Wheeler sinker into right field, moving Young to second base. Six pitches later, Wheeler and the Phillies defense were jogging back to their dugout with no harm done to the scoreboard. Third baseman Alec Bohm recorded all three outs, handling a soft lineout from Marcus Semien, a pop out in foul territory from Baty, and a groundout from Francisco Alvarez.

— With two men on and one out in the bottom of the second, Schwarber blasted a hanging breaking ball from Peterson 418 feet to deep right field. Schwarber’s 29th home run of the season extended Philadelphia’s early lead to 5-0. This was Schwarber’s fourth homer in his last five at-bats, all of which came against the Mets during this series.

— Carson Benge cut into the lead with an opposite-field solo shot in the third inning. Juan Soto singled to right-center field, but was gunned trying to stretch the hit into a double by Philadelphia center fielder Derek Hill for the third out.

— After surrendering a double to Bryce Harper one batter after Schwarber’s three-run blast, Peterson put away each of the next eight batters he faced, before being relieved ahead of the fifth inning by Austin Warren.

— Peterson’s final line of five runs allowed (four of them earned) on six hits in four full innings reparents yet another rough outing for the lefty veteran, and his ERA climbs to 6.09 on the season as a result. He struck out five batters and walked two across 79 pitches.

— The first batter Warren faced was Bryce Harper, who mashed a sweeper into the right field bleachers to make it a 6-1 ballgame. The right-handed reliever rebounded to get through the inning without allowing any further damage to the scoreboard.

— Zack Wheeler walked the bases loaded in the sixth inning while recording just one out. Phillies manager Don Mattingly called time to meet with his pitcher on the mound, giving him some words of encouragement and a pat on the back. Wheeler responded by getting A.J. Ewing to ground into a fielder’s choice, with Carson Benge scoring from third base on the play to make the score 6-2 Phillies. Ewing was the final batter Wheeler would face, and he was relieved by Jonathan Bowlan, who struck out Marcus Semien to end the inning.

— Wheeler’s solid start was 5.2 innings and 104 pitches long. He struck out seven and walked three, allowing two earned runs on four hits against his former ballclub.

— Eric Wagaman was summoned as a pinch hitter in place of Brett Baty. He was struck out by flamethrowing lefty reliever Jose Alvarado.

— Brooks Raley handled the bottom of the seventh for the Mets. He got into some trouble in the inning, allowing a single to Bryce Harper and plunking Edmundo Sosa with a pitch that got away from him, but he escaped unscathed after Brandon Marsh flied out to center field. A.J. Minter relieved Raley, and the lefty a conducted a clean eighth inning, retiring the side in order.

— Bo Bichette was 0-for-4 with two strikeouts on Sunday night. The shortstop struggled mightily across the entire series in Philadelphia, tallying just one hit in 12 at-bats.

— The Mets offense couldn’t come to life in the eighth and ninth innings, shut down by Orion Kerkering and Jhoan Duran, and the game ended 6-2 Phillies.