PHILADELPHIA — Summer season arrived throughout this street journey, however proper now the Mets may use loads of spring.
After snapping a seven-game dropping streak the earlier night time, supervisor Carlos Mendoza’s crew reverted to listless type in Sunday’s sequence rubber recreation towards the Phillies.
Even often dependable David Peterson was a large number in getting knocked out after 4 innings within the Mets’ 7-1 loss at Residents Financial institution Park that accomplished their brutal journey.
In a fourth inning from hell, Peterson surrendered two lengthy residence runs and buried the Mets in a five-run gap, forcing his staff into making an attempt to play catch up towards lefty Jesús Luzardo.
However the cavalry, which blasted seven solo homers Saturday, was nowhere to be discovered.
Francisco Lindor homered within the eighth for the Mets’ solely run.
The Mets had gained the earlier 28 video games during which Lindor had homered, one wanting the MLB file.
The Mets went 1-5 towards the Braves and Phillies on the journey.
Their reward is a return to Queens for a rematch towards the Braves, who swept them final week.
In his worst begin of the season, Peterson allowed 5 earned runs on six hits and three walks over 4 innings with 4 strikeouts.
The beginning was not solely Peterson’s shortest, however his runs allowed had been a season excessive.
It accomplished a flip by way of the rotation during which Mets starters pitched to a 6.55 ERA.
It’s additionally not the identical rotation that carried the Mets for the primary 2 ½ months of the season, as Kodai Senga and Tylor Megill sit on the injured record.
Peterson received jumped for 5 runs within the fourth, when he confronted 10 batters, burying the Mets in a 5-0 gap.
Kyle Schwarber launched a homer to heart main off the inning and Otto Kemp’s RBI single after Nick Castellanos had doubled and J.T. Realmuto walked gave the Phillies a 2-0 lead.
Edmundo Sosa crushed a slider for a three-run homer.
It marked the primary time Peterson surrendered a number of homers in a recreation since his first begin of the season, on March 31 in Miami.
He had allowed solely 4 this season earlier than Sunday.
The Phillies prolonged the inning with Johan Rojas’ two-out stroll and Trea Turner’s single earlier than Peterson retired Schwarber to finish the body.
Luzardo muzzled the Mets, who had their finest probability towards him within the fourth when Juan Soto walked and Brandon Nimmo singled with two outs.
Luzardo escaped by retiring Luis Torrens.
Luzardo allowed solely three hits over 6 ²/₃ scoreless innings and struck out seven with one stroll.
Tyler Zuber entered for the seventh in his Mets debut and surrendered two runs on three hits.
