The Mets’ offense understandably got a lot of attention last night, but starting pitcher David Peterson had a praiseworthy outing, too, in his season debut.
The 29-year-old lefty went six innings, gave up a pair of solo home runs but nothing else, struck out nine, walked three, and allowed five hits. And he threw 89 pitches, 57 of which were strikes, while generating 11 swinging strikes for an above-average
As for the pitch mix, here’s the rundown of how many times he threw each of the following pitches.
- Sinker: 28 (31.4%)
- Four-seam fastball: 21 (23.