{"id":32737,"date":"2025-06-12T17:02:05","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T16:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/?p=32737"},"modified":"2025-06-12T17:02:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T16:02:06","slug":"peterson-pitches-first-career-shutout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/peterson-pitches-first-career-shutout\/","title":{"rendered":"Peterson pitches first career shutout"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

David Peterson<\/a> lived out a childhood dream Wednesday night at Citi Field. He threw his first career shutout to lead the Mets to a  5-0 victory<\/a>over the Washington Nationals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After eight dominant innings and 97 pitches, He tried to avoid eye contact with manager Carlos Mendoza in the dugout. But Mendoza pulled him aside into the tunnel to talk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLet me finish it,<\/em>\u201d Peterson insisted  twice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mendoza relented: \u201cIt\u2019s yours.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peterson made the most of his moment, completing the first Mets shutout by a lefty since 2019 (Steven Matz). He scattered six hits, walked none<\/strong>, and used all five pitches effectively to keep Washington off balance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now sporting a 2.49 ERA, the 6-foot-6 lefty reflected on the moment:
\u201cYou dream of doing stuff like this.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

David Peterson lived out a childhood dream Wednesday night at Citi Field. He threw his first career shutout to lead the Mets to a  5-0 victoryover the Washington Nationals. After eight dominant innings and 97 pitches, He tried to avoid eye contact with manager Carlos Mendoza in the dugout. But Mendoza pulled him aside into the tunnel to talk. \u201cLet me finish it,\u201d Peterson insisted  twice. Mendoza relented: \u201cIt\u2019s yours.\u201d Peterson made the most of his moment, completing the first Mets shutout by a lefty since 2019 (Steven Matz). He scattered six hits, walked none, and used all five pitches effectively to keep Washington off balance. Now sporting a 2.49 ERA, the 6-foot-6 lefty reflected on the moment:\u201cYou dream of doing stuff like this.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":32770,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[220,249,531,169],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-american-sport-football-news","category-mlb-predictions-football-news","category-news-2","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nPeterson pitches first career shutout - Matchplug Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"David Peterson threw his first career shutout to lead the Mets to a \u00a05-0 victoryover the Washington Nationals.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/peterson-pitches-first-career-shutout\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Peterson pitches first career shutout - Matchplug Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"David Peterson threw his first career shutout to lead the Mets to a \u00a05-0 victoryover the Washington Nationals.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/peterson-pitches-first-career-shutout\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Matchplug Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-12T16:02:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-12T16:02:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/peterson-pitches-first-career-shutout.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/peterson-pitches-first-career-shutout\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/peterson-pitches-first-career-shutout\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Peterson pitches first career shutout\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-12T16:02:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-12T16:02:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/peterson-pitches-first-career-shutout\/\"},\"wordCount\":130,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/peterson-pitches-first-career-shutout\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/peterson-pitches-first-career-shutout.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"American Sport\",\"MLB Predictions\",\"news\",\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/peterson-pitches-first-career-shutout\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/peterson-pitches-first-career-shutout\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/peterson-pitches-first-career-shutout\/\",\"name\":\"Peterson pitches first career shutout - Matchplug Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/peterson-pitches-first-career-shutout\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/peterson-pitches-first-career-shutout\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/peterson-pitches-first-career-shutout.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-12T16:02:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-12T16:02:06+00:00\",\"description\":\"David Peterson threw his first career shutout to lead the Mets to a \u00a05-0 victoryover the Washington Nationals.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/peterson-pitches-first-career-shutout\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/peterson-pitches-first-career-shutout\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/peterson-pitches-first-career-shutout\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/peterson-pitches-first-career-shutout.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/peterson-pitches-first-career-shutout.png\",\"width\":700,\"height\":400},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/peterson-pitches-first-career-shutout\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Peterson pitches first career shutout\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Matchplug Blog\",\"description\":\"Matchplug is the best soccer prediction site connecting bettors with winning tips. We are spot on in our Soccer predictions, premier league predictions, Bet9ja prediction, matched betting and premier betting.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Matchplug Blog\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/cropped-mp_logo_2.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/cropped-mp_logo_2.png\",\"width\":389,\"height\":218,\"caption\":\"Matchplug Blog\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/author\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Peterson pitches first career shutout - Matchplug Blog","description":"David Peterson threw his first career shutout to lead the Mets to a \u00a05-0 victoryover the Washington Nationals.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/peterson-pitches-first-career-shutout\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Peterson pitches first career shutout - Matchplug Blog","og_description":"David Peterson threw his first career shutout to lead the Mets to a \u00a05-0 victoryover the Washington Nationals.","og_url":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/peterson-pitches-first-career-shutout\/","og_site_name":"Matchplug Blog","article_published_time":"2025-06-12T16:02:05+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-06-12T16:02:06+00:00","og_image":[{"width":700,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/peterson-pitches-first-career-shutout.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/peterson-pitches-first-career-shutout\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/peterson-pitches-first-career-shutout\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Peterson pitches first career shutout","datePublished":"2025-06-12T16:02:05+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-12T16:02:06+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/peterson-pitches-first-career-shutout\/"},"wordCount":130,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/peterson-pitches-first-career-shutout\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/peterson-pitches-first-career-shutout.png","articleSection":["American Sport","MLB Predictions","news","News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/peterson-pitches-first-career-shutout\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/peterson-pitches-first-career-shutout\/","url":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/peterson-pitches-first-career-shutout\/","name":"Peterson pitches first career shutout - Matchplug Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/peterson-pitches-first-career-shutout\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/peterson-pitches-first-career-shutout\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/peterson-pitches-first-career-shutout.png","datePublished":"2025-06-12T16:02:05+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-12T16:02:06+00:00","description":"David Peterson threw his first career shutout to lead the Mets to a \u00a05-0 victoryover the Washington Nationals.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/peterson-pitches-first-career-shutout\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/peterson-pitches-first-career-shutout\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/peterson-pitches-first-career-shutout\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/peterson-pitches-first-career-shutout.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/peterson-pitches-first-career-shutout.png","width":700,"height":400},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/peterson-pitches-first-career-shutout\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Peterson pitches first career shutout"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/","name":"Matchplug Blog","description":"Matchplug is the best soccer prediction site connecting bettors with winning tips. We are spot on in our Soccer predictions, premier league predictions, Bet9ja prediction, matched betting and premier betting.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Matchplug Blog","url":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/cropped-mp_logo_2.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/cropped-mp_logo_2.png","width":389,"height":218,"caption":"Matchplug Blog"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"","url":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/author\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/peterson-pitches-first-career-shutout.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32737"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32771,"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32737\/revisions\/32771"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}