Cade Cavalli struck out ten over six innings on 97 pitches — 69 strikes — and David Peterson was gone by the fourth with seven earned on 80 pitches. Sean Manaea came in and gave up six more, four on Brady House's grand slam to left center after the bases loaded on a single, a walk, and a hit batter. James Wood's 114.6 mph double was the hardest contact of the night, but the inning that decided it was built on a walk and a pitch that hit Curtis Mead — not the loud bat. Two Mets pitchers combined for thirteen earned at Citi Field, and Cavalli's ten strikeouts are the kind of line a pitcher builds a season around.