Coming into a big game against a 4-0 starter who apparently didn’t even warrant a competitive contract offer the previous offseason, the Mets would seemingly need a big outing from rookie starter David Peterson to compete. The young lefty was unable to deliver, struggled mightily over two wild innings and putting the Mets in an early 5-0 hole against their former teammate Zack Wheeler.
While he scattered a few hits, Wheeler looked dominant early. Erasmo Ramirez came on in the third to make his Mets debut in what seemed to be pure mop-up, preserve the bullpen mode.