The Mets scored just two runs in their series finale with the Blue Jays this afternoon at Citi Field, but thanks to another fantastic performance by their pitching staff, they completed a three-game sweep of Toronto with a 2-1 win.David Peterson got the start and threw four-and-two-thirds innings with three strikeouts, five walks Jared Solomon Jersey, and one run allowed. It very well coulde been more runs, though, as the Mets made a curious decision to let Peterson continue pitching in the fifth inning when he grimaced with some sort of discomfort.A visit from the training staff and manager Carlos Mendoza resulted in Peterson being left in the game, even though he was already fading before the injury concern. He then issued a walk, struggling to hit the strike zone and loading the bases in the process Pedro Borbon Jersey, and got a visit from Jeremy Hefner. Still, he remained in the game, and Peterson promptly plunked former Mets infielder Andrs Gimnez to force in a run.The Mets finally gave the lefty the hook after that, and thankfully Max Kranick induced a foul pop out from Blue Jays catcher Alejandro Kirk to escape the inning without further damage that woulde been charged to Peterson. And Mendoza clarified after the game that Peterson was feeling nauseated over the course of facing those final few batters.Before all of that, the Mets had taken the lead with what turned out to be their only two runs of the afternoon. Pete Alonso singled in the team first run of the game in the third, and Brandon Nimmo followed that up with a sac fly that put them up 2-0.Kranick went on to pitch the sixth and put up a zero, and he was followed be three other Mets relievers, all of whom threw a scoreless inning apiece: Reed Garrett, A.J. Minter, and Edwin Daz. In total, the bullpen gave up just one hit, struck out five, and didn walk anybody, but it worth noting that Daz made things interesting by hitting the first batter he faced in the ninth before hitting another one with two outs to bring up Vladimir Guerrero Jr. with the tying and go-ahead runs on base. Thankfully, he got him to ground out to short to end the game.Even with the quiet day at the plate for the lineup as a whole, Pete Alonso continued his excellent start to the season. He went 2-for-3 with the aforementioned RBI and was hit by a pitch, and he now has a .291/.421/.645 line through the first nine games of the season.The Mets are set to host the Marlins for a three-game series starting tomorrow night in Queens, and it a series that presents them with an opportunity to build on their very good 6-3 start.
