Mets Send Clear 3-Word Message After David Peterson’s Incredible Night

Anyone who has watched Peterson this year likely agrees with their assessment. Peterson has quietly recorded 2.0 bWAR and a 71-25 K-BB ratio in 79 2/3 innings for the first-place Mets.

Peterson became only the seventh pitcher to record a complete game shutout.

“You dream of doing stuff like this,” Peterson told reporters.

“We try and go as deep as we can in the game,” he continued. “To be able to go all nine was something very special.”

Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said he told Peterson, who entered the ninth inning having thrown 97 pitches, that the starter could only throw eight or nine more pitches. Indeed, Peterson needed nine pitches to retire the Nationals’ final three hitters.

Peterson recorded the Mets’ first shutout by a left-handed pitcher since Steven Matz in 2019.

“I definitely felt like I had a boost, obviously knowing it’s the ninth and I was somewhat on a pitch count,” Peterson said. “At that point, I was just trying to empty the tank and give it everything I had left.”