David Peterson rebounded for the Mets on Tuesday night, completing eight innings of one-run ball with a season-high 10 strikeouts against the Nationals.

With a stretch of 26 games in 27 days, the New York Mets could significantly benefit from moving to a six-man rotation.

According to Britton, Peterson has gone six innings or more in 16 of his 24 starts, while the rest of the Mets staff has done so 18 times in 101 tries. Plus, Peterson has six of the Mets' eight starts of seven or more innings.

It’s not just that David Peterson is pitching deep into games for the Mets. It’s that he’s the only one doing it. Peterson completed eight innings Tuesday in an 8-1 win over the Nationals, proving once again that when the Mets need length,

There are few surer things in baseball right now than David Peterson mowing down the Washingto.Stick the Mets left-hander on the mound against this particular lineup, and you probably know the results before he ever throws a pitch.

New York Mets (66-58, second in the NL East) vs. Washington Nationals (50-74, fifth in the NL East) Washington; Tuesday, 6:45 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Mets: David Peterson (7-5, 3.30 ERA, 1.28 WHIP,

David Peterson allowed six runs in the Braves' nine-run fourth inning, the most the southpaw has allowed in two years.

Instead, the Mets flushed a six-run lead — surrendering 11 unanswered — in an embarrassing 11-6 loss at Citi Field. The loss was the Mets’ 12th in 14 games and negated the positive vibes from a night earlier, when the team snapped a seven-game losing streak and watched Pete Alonso become the franchise’s all-time home run leader .