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David Peterson's season-worst start puts Mets behind in 11-8 loss to Marlins
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The Mets fell behind in their late-week series with the Miami Marlins Saturday when they suffered an 11-8 loss at Citi Field.
Takeaways
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LHP David Peterson 's worst start of the season saw him allow a career-high eight runs -- all earned -- and uncharacteristically put the Mets (73-63) in a tough spot after a five-run first inning. The Marlins (64-72) tagged Peterson, whose ERA rose from 3.18 to 3.61, for eight hits with three RBI doubles chief among them. New York pulled Peterson after five batters, no outs and two more runs in the third inning, ending his Citi Field afternoon at 65 pitches (36 strikes).
Peterson, whose eighth charged run came in the next at-bat when RHP Chris Devenski 's 6-4-3 double play while facing Derek Hillscored Connor Norby from third base and piled on the Mets' 8-2 deficit, struck out one and walked three. While New York had subsequent chances and evened the score in the sixth inning, Peterson's poor outing was simply too much -- he has been nails for the Mets this season, but his second disappointing start of August is alarming. -
To the credit of Devenski, whom the Mets recalled from Triple-A Syracuse , he delivered when his number was called. Devenski's first MLB outing since July 29 saw him finish with three no-hit, scoreless innings, striking out three while walking one and throwing 24 strikes on 42 pitches. If not for Devenski's relief, this game would have been over by the middle of the third inning. Instead, Devenski (2.30 ERA) kept New York at bay while the offense came to life in a commendable appearance.
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Francisco Lindor , Mark Vientos and Juan Soto hit home runs to pace the offense for the Mets, who end August with a franchise-record 53 home runs -- the most for New York in a month. After Lindor's first-inning solo shot -- extending his single-season franchise record for leadoff home runs with nine such long balls in 2025 -- Vientos' three-run blast in the third inning was the Mets' historic 51st. Soto's two homers -- a fourth-inning solo shot and sixth-inning two-run blast -- pushed the mark to 53.
Win or lose, the offense came alive in August with home runs fueling the breakout. The rest of the unit -- evidenced by a seventh inning where Jeff McNeil 's leadoff triple went to waste with Brett Baty 's 4-3 groundout, Starling Marte 's strikeout swinging and Cedric Mullins ' left-field lineout -- is clearly still a work in progress as New York seeks balance. -
Soto, whose 2-for-2 line included two walks, is slashing .254/.395/.508 with 35 home runs and 84 RBI in 134 games. He also stole two bases, bringing his season total to 25.
According to Sarah Langs, via Elias Sports, Soto is MLB's first player ever with 35-plus home runs in three consecutive seasons for three different teams. Considering where the conversation about Soto was in April and May, the season has come a long way for the Mets' prized offseason signing.
Who's the MVP?
Connor Norby, whose 1-for-2 performance included two walks and three RBI. He answered Soto's game-tying homer by driving in the go-ahead run on a sacrifice fly against RHP Tyler Rogers with one out and runners at the corners in the seventh inning. For good measure, while the Marlins led 9-8 in the ninth inning, Norby's two-run double to left-center field off RHP Edwin Diaz with one out pushed Miami's gap to 11-8.
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What's next
The Mets and Marlins end their four-game series with Sunday's 1:40 p.m. finale on SNY. RHPs Kodai Senga (7-5, 2.73 ERA) and Sandy Alcantara(7-11, 5.87 ERA) are set to start.
