David Peterson tosses complete-game shutout in Mets' 5-0 win vs. Nationals

Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News on Jun 11, 2025

Published in Baseball

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NEW YORK — Go ahead and give David Peterson the title of ace. He deserves as much as Kodai Senga.

Brandon Nimmo hit two home runs, Juan Soto hit his second in as many nights, but it was Peterson who was the star of the show, Wednesday night at Citi Field, tossing his first complete-game shutout of his career in the Mets' 5-0 win over the Washington Nationals. The Mets took the series with their fifth consecutive win and moved to 26-7 at home, furthering their league-best home record.

If ever there was a home-field advantage, the Mets are certainly benefiting from it. It’s almost tough to remember that the Mets lost a game during the last homestand.

Peterson seems to be part of that advantage. The Mets are 8-0 when he starts at Citi Field, the second-longest season-opening streak in history, and three shy from tying David Cone’s 11-0 home start to the 1989 season.

The left-hander worked quickly and efficiently, retiring the first seven hitters he faced before Luis Garcia Jr. hit a single up the center. The Nats never had a chance. All together, Peterson scattered five singles and a double over eight innings, striking out five.

After giving up a one-out double to Garcia, center fielder Tyrone Taylor, who was inserted into the game at the start of the eighth for defense, connected with catcher Luis Torrens to keep Peterson’s shutout intact. Jacob Young hit one to shallow center and Taylor came charging in, fielding it clearly and throwing a strike to Torrens for the tag. Washington challenged the call, but it was upheld. C.J. Abrams hit an easy fly ball to Juan Soto in right field to end the inning.

The crowd gave Peterson (5-2) an ovation as he exited after the eighth inning, and stayed on them for the ninth, asking for curtain call. Peterson saluted the crowd after the team’s kick celebration.

It was the first complete-game shutout by a Mets left-hander since Steven Matz in 2019.

When the ball starts flying at Citi Field, the Mets know summer has finally taken hold.

The “big boys” at the top of the order, as manager Carlos Mendoza typically refers to them, did the most damage. Pete Alonso hit an RBI double off right-hander Jake Irvin in the first inning to put the Mets on the board, and Soto made it 3-0 with a two-out, two-run homer in the third.

No longer are Mets fans calling Soto a bust. He’s reached base in 13 straight games, recording multiple hits in four of his last five games and homering five times in his last 11 games.

But it was Nimmo who showed that he’s still the same player he’s always been with his two home runs. Soto has hit into plenty of bad luck this season, and the same can be said for Nimmo, who came into the game hitting just .231, but still had 10 homers.

It’s 12 now, with an opposite-field blast off Irvin (5-3) in the fifth, and one to right field in the seventh off Jackson Rutledge.