David Peterson rebounded for the Mets on Tuesday night, completing eight innings of one-run ball with a season-high 10 strikeouts against the Nationals.

According to Britton, Peterson has gone six innings or more in 16 of his 24 starts, while the rest of the Mets staff has done so 18 times in 101 tries. Plus, Peterson has six of the Mets' eight starts of seven or more innings.

It’s not just that David Peterson is pitching deep into games for the Mets. It’s that he’s the only one doing it. Peterson completed eight innings Tuesday in an 8-1 win over the Nationals, proving once again that when the Mets need length,

Last night’s game did not go well at all for the Nationals, on either side of the ball. On the mound, Jake Irvin got roughed up by the Mets for six runs (five of them coming in the top of the third).

The Mets are aiming for their fourth win in a row and a second straight series victory at 6:45 p.m. Wednesday versus the Nationals in Washington, D.C.

“Look, he was pretty impressive,” Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said. “And I feel like Senga on [Thursday], Sean on [Friday] found a way to give us five innings. You got another outing where a starter goes back out for the sixth.

As the final stretch of the MLB regular season heats up, the New York Mets need to start winning games at a higher rate. New York has just a one-game lead on th

Through 120 games, or almost exactly three-quarters of the season, the Mets have received fewer than five innings per game from their starters. Some of that can be explained by the nuances of modern professional baseball,