Freddy Peralta Gave Up 10 Runs and Couldn’t Escape the Second Inning. He Owned It.

The New York Mets got rolled by the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday night. The final score was 15-3 and it looked worse than that by the second inning. Freddy Peralta took the ball and the Phillies took him apart.

Peralta lasted just 2.1 innings. He surrendered 10 runs on eight hits including two home runs. The Mets were down 8-0 before they could blink. Philadelphia kept hitting. The crowd kept roaring. And the Mets spent the rest of the night playing out a game that was already over.

When SNY asked Peralta what he was most unhappy about, he didn’t dodge anything.

He said:

“Everything in general, but only being able to throw 2+ innings.”

That’s the whole problem in one sentence. He couldn’t give the team length. The bullpen had to eat up almost seven innings of a blowout. And the offense never got a chance to breathe because the game was out of reach before the lineup turned over twice.

Kyle Schwarber made it worse

Cionel Perez came in and the bleeding didn’t stop. Kyle Schwarber crushed a three-run homer to make it 11-0. That was the nail. At that point the Mets were playing for pride and there wasn’t much of that left either.

It was the kind of loss that can rattle a clubhouse. But Peralta didn’t hide. He stood at his locker and talked about his inconsistent season.

“I have time to be better,” he said.

That’s a fair way to put it. The season is barely past the halfway point. But the Mets need more than accountability. They need a guy who can go six innings and keep the game close. Peralta hasn’t been that guy enough this year.

The Mets are running out of margin

This wasn’t just a bad start. It was the kind of start that puts pressure on everyone. The bullpen gets overworked. The offense presses. The manager starts making moves he doesn’t want to make in the second inning. And it all traces back to one guy who couldn’t find the zone or miss a barrel.

Peralta has the stuff. He’s shown it before. But consistency has been the issue all season. Some nights he looks like a frontline starter. Other nights he looks like he’s fighting himself from the first pitch.

The Phillies didn’t help. They ambushed fastballs and sat on offspeed stuff. By the time Peralta tried to adjust, the game was already a mess.

Now the question is whether he can bounce back. He says he can. The Mets better hope he’s right because the rotation needs him. And the schedule isn’t getting easier.