Mets Lose to Rays 3-2 Due To Lack of Offense and waste a terrific start by David Peterson

Mets LHP David Peterson (Credits to MetsMerizedOnline.com) The New York Mets lost to the Tampa Bay Rays tonight in Tampa Bay at Tropicana Field to snap their seven-game winning streak and dropped their record to 18-14. The offense was held scorelss for the first four innings against Rays ace RHP Tyler Glasnow until the top of the fifth when CF Kevin Pillar singled with two outs and 3B Jonathan Villar followed with a two-run homer. The bats went quiet until the top of the eighth when 2B Jeff McNeil doubled with one out, but SS Francisco Lindor struck out and RF Michael Conforto grounded out to end the inning. In the top of the ninth, Pillar singled with two outs and Villar reached on a fielder's choice, but catcher James McCann grounded out to end the inning. The offense had only five hits all night and was 0-4 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base. LHP David Peterson worked out around a one-out single by RF Manuel Margot in the bottom of the first and got out of more troubek in the bottom of th second inning after he gave up a double to 1B Yandy Diaz and then walked SS Willy Adames and catcher Mike Zunino to load the bases with one out. Peterson was able to recover and struck out 3B Kevin Padlo and CF Brett Phillips to end the inning. Peterson settled downn after that and went into a groove and at one point retired 17 hitters in a row and looked dominant with pinpoint command of his fastball and slider. However, in the bottom of the eighth it all fell apart for him after he gave up a lead-off homer to Zunino and then a double to Padlo. Peterson came back to strike out Phillips and was then taken out. RHP Trevor May came on and got SS Randy Azorerna to line out, but then gave up a RBI double to Manuel Margot to tie the game, but was able to strike out DH Austin Meadows to end the inning. Peterson's final line was 7.1 innings, 4 hits, 2 runs, 2 walks and 9 strikeouts. RHP Miguel Castro followed in the bottom of the ninth to replace May and got 1B Yandy Diaz to fly out to right to lead off the inning, but then Castro walked pinch-hitter Brandon Lowe and then gave up a single to SS Willy Adames which advanced Lowe to third. Castro then walked Zunino to load the bases with one out and was taken out for LHP Aaron Loup. Loup struck out pinch-hitter Joey Wendle for the second out, but was not able to get out of the inning after he gave up a walk-off single to CF Brett Phillips. The Mets next game is tomorrow afternoon at the Rays at 1:10 p.m.