So, typically, I am not a person who boils down a loss in a baseball game to one or two factors. Often, in my humble opinion, most of the roster is at fault in a loss — if your offense did not do much, it is likely because everyone pitched in. Or, I guess, did not pitch in. If your bullpen blows a game, it can be multiple guys putting their teammates in bad situations. However, this one feels strictly on the back of two people: starting pitcher David Peterson, and manager Carlos Mendoza.

David Peterson did not have it today, and did not have it from the first pitch. Peterson gave up a lead off single to Fernando Tatis, walked Luis Arraez, and eventually surrendered a sacrifice fly to Gavin Sheets to give the Mets a 1-0 deficit in the first.

The Mets bats, to their credit, did not lay dow

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