Twice this season, a Mets starter has completed eight innings in a game. The list is as follows: David Peterson and David Peterson. Five times this season, a Mets starter has at least pitched into the eighth: Peterson,

David Peterson rebounded for the Mets on Tuesday night, completing eight innings of one-run ball with a season-high 10 strikeouts against the Nationals.

According to Britton, Peterson has gone six innings or more in 16 of his 24 starts, while the rest of the Mets staff has done so 18 times in 101 tries. Plus, Peterson has six of the Mets' eight starts of seven or more innings.

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The Mets are aiming for their fourth win in a row and a second straight series victory at 6:45 p.m. Wednesday versus the Nationals in Washington, D.C.

Through 120 games, or almost exactly three-quarters of the season, the Mets have received fewer than five innings per game from their starters. Some of that can be explained by the nuances of modern professional baseball,

David Peterson allowed six runs in the Braves' nine-run fourth inning, the most the southpaw has allowed in two years.

David Peterson and Reed Garrett combined to give up nine runs in the fourth inning as the Mets fell flat in a 11-6 loss to the Braves on Wednesday.