NEW YORK — David Peterson struck out a career-high 11 on his 29th birthday and Francisco Lindor drove in three runs as the New York Mets beat the slumping Boston Red Sox 7-2 on Tuesday night for their sixth straight victory.
Lindor launched his 30th homer and added a pivotal RBI double, drawing another chorus of "MVP! MVP!" chants from the Citi Field crowd.
"It's special. He's been doing a lot of it lately, and I think you saw it was kind of contagious at the end," Peterson said. "Those runs at the end were huge for us.