Kodai Senga showed what good starting pitching could do for the Mets on Monday, and David Peterson showed what bad starting pitching could do as the Mets dropped a 7-4 game to the Pirates Tuesday night at Citi Field.
In atypical fashion, the Mets found an early lead thanks to Brandon Nimmo’s leadoff home run. It was Nimmo’s second-straight game with a home run and his seventeenth of the season, which matches his career-high. But because not all good things last, Liover Peguero tied the game at 1-1 with a leadoff home run in the top of the second inning.