The Mets matched their season low by falling 13 games below .500.
Drew Smith allowed a bases-loaded triple to Max Kepler in the seventh, giving the Twins a comfortable cushion after Peterson had kept the Mets close.Peterson got 17 swings and misses on his pitches, 10 of them on his four-seam fastball.
The outing was Peterson’s second in his last three in which he lasted at least six innings and allowed three earned runs or fewer. The Mets will have to decide if he has shown enough to warrant consideration for a back-of-the-rotation job next season.David Peterson pitches in the first inning of the game against the Twins at Target Field.Brandon Nimmo’s fourth leadoff home run this season and 12th of his career got the Mets started against Kenta Maeda.The Mets weren’t finished in the inning.
Peterson recorded two quick outs in the third before Jordan Luplow poked a double past first base and Kyle Farmer’s bloop RBI single gave the Twins a 3-2 lead.Max Kepler celebrates with third base coach Tommy Watkins after hitting a three-run triple in the seventh inning.Vogelbach and Ronny Mauricio both walked before lefty Kody Funderburk retired Brett Baty on a broken-bat grounder to first base.
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