SAN FRANCISCO \u2014 The Mets added a new wrinkle to their recent doldrums.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Instead of losing a game because they didn\u2019t hit, they lost one Thursday night because their pitching was just as ineffective as their sputtering lineup.\u00a0<\/p>\n
David Peterson got jumped from the onset, and the Mets managed just five hits in a 7-2 loss to the Giants that extended their losing streak to three games.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Peterson\u2019s clunker followed a string of five straight solid starts from the Mets\u2019 rotation that began with Peterson\u2019s 5 \u00b9\/\u2083 scoreless innings against the Pirates last Saturday. Nolan McLean, Clay Holmes, Kodai Senga and Freddy Peralta followed with strong outings, but the Mets were only 1-3 over that stretch, with hits with runners in scoring position scarce.\u00a0<\/p>\n
On this night, the Mets were 0-for-3 with runners in scoring position. Over their last four games, they are 1-for-32 in that category. Robbie Ray handled the Mets early, before the Giants bullpen sealed it with 3 \u00b2\/\u2083 scoreless innings.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Manager Carlos Mendoza takes the ball from pitcher David Peterson in the bottom of the fifth inning of the Mets\u2019 7-2 loss to the Giants at Oracle Park on April 2, 2026 in San Francisco. Getty Images<\/p>\n
Peterson lasted just 4 \u00b9\/\u2083 innings and allowed six runs, five earned, on nine hits and two walks with five strikeouts. He was removed after only 68 pitches.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Bo Bichette delivered an RBI double in the first that gave the Mets a 1-0 lead. Francisco Lindor drew a leadoff walk and Juan Soto hit into a fielder\u2019s choice before Bichette\u2019s smash to left field brought Soto sliding across the plate. It was the fourth RBI this season for Bichette, who began the night batting .111.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Peterson scuffled through the first inning, falling into a 3-1 hole with three hits allowed. Luis Arraez smashed an RBI triple to begin the party before Matt Chapman\u2019s double produced the second run. Peterson could have escaped the inning with a one-run deficit but dropped Mark Vientos\u2019 flip while covering first base on Jung Hoo Lee\u2019s grounder, scoring Chapman.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rafael Devers hits a solo home run in the sixth inning of the Mets\u2019 road loss to the Giants. Getty Images<\/p>\n
Mark Vientos\u2019 first homer of the season, a shot into the left-field seats leading off the second, pulled the Mets to within 3-2.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Successive singles by Heliot Ramos, Arraez and Chapman loaded the bases for the Giants to begin the third inning. Lee and Harrison Bader each hit a sacrifice fly to extend the Giants\u2019 lead to 5-2. Peterson encountered further trouble in the inning, allowing a single to Daniel Susac before Casey Schmitt walked, but struck out Willy Adames to end the threat.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Peterson departed after walking Lee in the sixth. Sean Manaea retired Bader for the second out before walking Susac and surrendering an RBI single to Schmitt that gave the Giants a 6-2 lead.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rafael Devers cleared the fence in left-center leading off the sixth against Manaea to push the Mets into a 7-2 hole. Devers mashed a 90-mph four-seamer that landed just beyond Luis Robert Jr.\u2019s outstretched glove.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Manaea pitched 3 \u00b2\/\u2083 innings and allowed one earned run on four hits and two walks in his second relief appearance. The Mets are attempting to keep him stretched out until the need arises for a sixth starter. Manaea threw 74 pitches. In his Sunday appearance, he threw only 29.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Marcus Semien blows a bubble with his chewing gum before batting in the fourth inning of the Mets\u2019 road loss to the Giants. Robert Edwards-Imagn Images<\/p>\n
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Marcus Semien snapped an 0-for-20 slump with an infield single in the seventh inning.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Mets will unleash McLean on Friday and hope the rookie can help get a team in need of an energy boost on track. McLean allowed two earned runs over five innings against the Pirates on Sunday \u2014 the Mets lost the game in 10 innings to begin this downturn of four losses in five games.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN FRANCISCO \u2014 The Mets added a new wrinkle to their recent doldrums.\u00a0 Instead of losing a game…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":660257,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2408],"tags":[5,759,162,4,61,378,66,4343,4340,1268,4344,4341,4342,185],"class_list":{"0":"post-660256","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-francisco-giants","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-david-peterson","10":"tag-giants","11":"tag-mlb","12":"tag-new-york-mets","13":"tag-san-francisco","14":"tag-san-francisco-giants","15":"tag-sanfrancisco","16":"tag-sanfranciscogiants","17":"tag-sean-manaea","18":"tag-sf","19":"tag-sf-giants","20":"tag-sfgiants","21":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116339001795873664","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=660256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/660257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=660256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=660256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=660256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}