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David Peterson was a pregnant father when he got off to the most effective start of his young career on Friday.
The New York Mets left-handed player has become a new dad. Successful follow-up on his impressive outings will determine if his club can fend off a rare series defeat when played against host Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday night.
Peterson (5-1, 3.24 ERA) becomes active from his father's list after his wife gives birth to a newborn son. He hopes his 35th career start will go as well with what was unfolded on Friday against the Texas Rangers. That night, Peterson replaced Chris Bassitt, who landed on the COVID-19 injured list.
Peterson made a career high with 10 strikeouts, allowing 3 runs and 5 hits in 6 innings during a 4-3 victory in New York. .. The performance took place after Peterson hit a total of 15 in the previous two starts, both playing against the Miami Marlins.
"That's what I expect from myself," he said. "I'm sure I can contribute. I can compete at a high level for this team here and help us win the game."
Career Peterson, who will face the Reds for the first time in, hopes to recover from a diagonal injury on Monday and be as effective as Max Scherzer, who instigated 11 in 6 innings.
But Scherzer couldn't win. New York lost 1-0, winning 0-8 against scoring runners when Seth Lugo allowed Mike Moustakas to sacrifice fly in the ninth inning.
Mets wants to avoid the sixth series loss this year. They collected 12 hits and played a 4-12 match against a runner in the scoring position 7-4 on Monday, making it their fourth blank.
Cincinnati has lost 13 in the last 18 games and is aiming for the first consecutive home win since recording a total of 21 runs with Arizona Diamondbacks on June 6-7. The Reds were reduced to four hits on Tuesday, but won 41/3 scoreless innings from the bullpen, which has the worst 5.57 ERA in Major League Baseball.
"They (wins) are pretty fun," Moustakas said in a field interview with Barry Sports Cincinnati. "We played pretty hard and fought all the way tonight with a great baseball team over there. We finally found a way to win."
Rookie Nick Rodro on his back After throwing a valid inning of 42/3 on recovery from injury, Reds will start his ninth career on Wednesday with Graham Ashcraft (4-2, 4.53 ERA).
Ashcraft wants Wednesday to be like going out on June 24th, not Thursday. He allowed two runs in eight innings with a 4-2 victory in San Francisco, but allowed the worst seven runs in his career during the 15-7 defeat to the host Chicago Cubs.
Ashcraft is 3-1 and ERA is 2.59 with 4 home starts. When he lost to Milwaukee Brewers 7-3 on June 18, he pitched in Cincinnati for the first time since he was tagged with 6 runs and 8 hits in 5 innings.
– Field-level media
