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.

It’s not just that David Peterson is pitching deep into games for the Mets. It’s that he’s the only one doing it. Peterson completed eight innings Tuesday in an 8-1 win over the Nationals, proving once again that when the Mets need length,

Last night’s game did not go well at all for the Nationals, on either side of the ball. On the mound, Jake Irvin got roughed up by the Mets for six runs (five of them coming in the top of the third).

If Jake Irvin could get a do-over, he wouldn’t have thrown a curveball to Mark Vientos. And even if he did decide to throw that pitch, he surely wouldn’t have put it right down the middle — especially not when he was one strike away from getting out of the inning.

David Peterson allows only one run and strikes out 10 batters over eight innings for his first double-digit strikeout game of the season

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