David Peterson, Adam Ottavino rocked by Phillies as Mets win streak ends at 4

The Mets looked arsenic though they would proceed their streak of dominance Friday nighttime astatine Citi Field erstwhile they took an aboriginal pb connected the Philadelphia Phillies. But past the Phillies came backmost to adjacent the people and the Mets made a regrettable pitching decision, tilting the crippled firmly successful the absorption of the visitors.

With the 2nd crippled of a four-game acceptable tied astatine 2-2 going into the 4th inning, left-hander David Peterson got deed hard, giving up 3 consecutive hits with 1 out, including a two-run double. He near the crippled with 2 outs and 1 connected for right-hander Adam Ottavino. But the seasoned failed to get the 1 right-hander helium needed to get out, starring to 4 much runs being scored successful the inning, and the Mets losing 12-2.

If this was a postseason audition for Ottavino, the Mets (85-69) whitethorn person to recast the part.

Down 4-2 aft Peterson gave up a two-run treble to Johan Rojas, Ottavino faced Trea Turner. The shortstop fouled disconnected a sweeper and sinker to springiness Ottavino the 0-2 edge. But past helium took it the different mode for an RBI azygous to the right-center gap. Rojas scored and the Mets unraveled from there.

Turner swiped 2nd earlier Ottavino intentionally walked Bryce Harper, giving the slugger the basal aft helium went up 3-0. Harper and Turner past executed a treble steal, rattling Ottavino. The 38-year-old seasoned has managed to reinvent himself galore times over, but he’s struggled with holding runners connected basal passim his full 14-year career.

Alec Bohm past took Ottavino heavy for a three-run homer. The Mets went down 8-2.

The inning ended connected a weird enactment with Nick Castellanos striking retired connected a pitch-clock violation. But the mediate was conscionable arsenic weird too. With 1 out, Peterson gave up a azygous to Edmundo Sosa and a treble to Weston Wilson. Rojas past laced 1 down the near broadside that the shot lad thought was foul. He gloved it, ruling the play a ground-rule double. Sosa and Wilson some came location to score.

Peterson is having his champion twelvemonth yet, but it was wide that helium didn’t person it successful his 20th commencement of the season. He loaded the bases successful the 2nd with 2 singles and an mistake by Pete Alonso. A alert shot from Sosa scored Bohm and the Phillies chopped the Mets’ 2-0 pb successful half. With 2 connected and 2 retired successful the third, Castellanos doubled to left, scoring Bryce Harper. Bohm was tagged retired astatine home, incapable to leap Alonso.

Peterson (9-3) was charged with 5 runs (four earned) connected 8 hits, and struck retired 4 implicit 3 2/3 innings. Ottavino, who had mostly been relegated to pitching successful blowouts implicit the past fewer months, was tagged for 3 earned connected 2 hits successful lone 1/3 of an inning.

The Phillies (92-62) piled it connected from there, taking runs disconnected of right-hander Huascar Brazobán and left-hander Danny Young. They scored doubly much successful the sixth and J.T. Realmuto added different brace of runs with a two-run homer disconnected Young successful the eighth.

The Mets’ champion accidental to enactment a dent successful the Philadelphia pb came successful the 5th erstwhile Christopher Sanchez (11-9) loaded the bases with 2 outs. Alonso looked astatine onslaught 3 to extremity the inning.

The nonaccomplishment ended the Mets’ winning streak astatine 4 games, but it did small to alteration the NL Wild Card standings. The Miami Marlins bushed the Atlanta Braves to support them 2.0 games down the Mets for the 3rd spot successful the standings.