After their demoralizing loss in extra innings on Tuesday night, the Mets had to win on Wednesday to secure the series win. It was a battle of the southpaws, with young Mets starter David Peterson facing off against the veteran Madison Bumgarner.
Bumgarner had previously had great success against the Mets, but this is a different Bumgarner, one who is starting to show the effects of a lengthy career and the amount of work he had done in the past. Peterson is inconsistent, with some starts being great and others being downright bad. The Mets had to find a way to attack Bumgarner early to get Peterson a lead to work with, so he’d be okay if he had some rough patches.