{"id":657435,"date":"2026-05-22T00:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T00:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/657435\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T00:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T00:20:10","slug":"mets-2-nationals-1-peterson-and-the-pen-spin-a-gem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/657435\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets 2, Nationals 1: Peterson and the pen spin a gem"},"content":{"rendered":"

David Peterson<\/a> and the Mets<\/a>\u2019 bullpen combined to hold the Nationals to one run, which meant that Bo Bichette<\/a>\u2019s two-run single in the top of the third was just enough for the Mets to beat the Nationals by a 2-1 score and get out of D.C. with a series split.<\/p>\n

Peterson might not have been dominant, but he was effective. The lefty went five innings, struck out three, walked three, and gave up one run on four hits. That brought him down to a 5.03 ERA on the season, and he threw 82 pitches in the start. Having struggled mightily in traditional starts so far this year, it was good to see him pitch that well without an opener having pitched before him.<\/p>\n

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As for the aforementioned two-run single from Bichette, the Mets had loaded the bases for him when MJ Melendez<\/a> was hit by a pitch, Luis Torrens<\/a> reached on an infield single, and Carson Benge singled to left. In a series that\u2019s seen his bat finally come to life, Bichette came through with a single to center to bring home the Mets\u2019 only pair of runs.<\/p>\n

From there, the bullpen was the story. Huascar Brazob\u00e1n, who\u2019s been the most vital and versatile reliever on the roster so far this year, spun a scoreless sixth on just nine pitches. Brooks Raley<\/a> needed just 14 pitches to get through a scoreless seventh with a pair of strikeouts. Luke Weaver<\/a> issued a walk but notched one strikeout in a scoreless eighth. And following a wind-aided leadoff double in the bottom of the ninth that barely eluded A.J. Ewing in center field, Devin Williams<\/a> got a ground out, a strikeout, and another ground out to get the save.<\/p>\n

The Mets\u2019 lineup remains a concern, but in isolation, there\u2019s nothing wrong with a pitching-fueled win. Depending on the outcome of the Marlins\u2019 game against the Braves, which is ongoing at the time of this writing, the Mets might even wake up tomorrow morning in fourth place in the division.<\/p>\n

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FanGraphs WPA graph for Mets\/Nationals on 2026-05-21<\/p>\n

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Big Mets winner: Devin Williams, +20% WPA
Big Mets loser: Mark Vientos<\/a>, -23% WPA
Mets pitchers: +70% WPA
Mets hitters: -20% WPA
Teh aw3s0mest play: Devin Williams strikes out Jos\u00e9 Tena for the second out in the ninth, +25% WPA
Teh sux0rest play:\u00a0Daylen Lile<\/a> doubles to lead off the bottom of the ninth, -24% WPA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"David Peterson and the Mets\u2019 bullpen combined to hold the Nationals to one run, which meant that Bo…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":657436,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[382,106102,1188,97917,4715,72632,32035,36366,158613,363,99,67650,7836],"class_list":["post-657435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-bo-bichette","tag-brooks-raley","tag-david-peterson","tag-daylen-lile","tag-devin-williams","tag-luis-torrens","tag-luke-weaver","tag-mark-vientos","tag-mj-melendez","tag-mlb","tag-sports","tag-the-mets","tag-the-nationals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=657435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657435\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/657436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=657435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=657435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=657435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}