The Mets (16-21) snapped their five-game losing streak and evened out the two-game series against the Orioles (16-20) with a 9-4 triumph in Baltimore on Wednesday afternoon.

New York took home the win behind a strong outing from rookie David Peterson, who took home the win in relief, and Michael Conforto’s fourth career four-hit game. 

Michael Conforto’s clutch gene shined through his three extra-base hits and five RBI this afternoon. The outfielder went 4-for-5 with two doubles and a homer. He’s now hitting .331 with a .960 OPS on the season.

The team as a whole notched 14 hits, and walked three times with just one strikeout.(Box Score)

PITCHING

Michael Wacha got the start for New York on Wednesday afternoon. In his fifth outing, and second since a stint on the injured list with a shoulder issue, Wacha came out of the gate strong with a 1-2-3 first inning.

The twenty-nine-year-old struggled in the second frame, tossing 36 pitches and allowing two earned runs to tie up the game, 2-2. His first hit allowed was a Pedro Severino triple with one out-despite the best efforts of Jake Marisnick. The Mets’ center fielder crashed into outfield wall in an attempt to catch the fly ball and it looked ugly- but he shook it off and was able to stay in the game. Ryan Mountcastle subsequently notched a base hit to left to drive in the catcher. 

With one on, Pat Valaika hit a two-out single and a Wacha changeup gone wild sent Valaika to third as the started continued to scramble with his control. He then walked Andrew Velazquez to load the bases and nicked Cedric Mullins with a pitch to force in the tying run. Anthony Santander flew out to leave the bases loaded, but not before the O’s could make it even.  

Wacha allowed a leadoff single to Jose Iglesias in the third but retired his next three and final batters. The right-hander exited after three innings. He gave up two runs on four hits with a walk and two strikeouts. His ERA is now at a 7.20. 

David Peterson took over for Wacha in the fourth and earned the win with four shutout innings in relief. He allowed just two hits and walked two with a strikeout. 

The rookie gave up singles to Rio Ruiz and Mullins in the fourth, but got out of the frame without allowing any damage. He walked Severino in the fifth and Valaika in the sixth, but the O’s had nothing else across while Peterson was on the mound.

In his Mets debut, Miguel Castro worked around a two-out Mountcastle base hit for a scoreless eighth. 

Justin Wilson came in to close out the ninth but immediately gave up a pair of leadoff singles to Valaika and Velazquez. After striking out his next two batters, the lefty allowed another base hit to Iglesias that drove in the pair of runners and made it 9-4, with two throwing errors from Alonso and Wilson on the play. With Iglesias on second, Wilson got his third strikeout to finish off the ballgame. 

OFFENSE

New York took an early 2-0 lead with a J.D. Davis single and a Michael Conforto homer to drive him in. The blast to right field was Conforto’s sixth of the season. 

The next three frames did not look promising as the Mets left four stranded. Back-to-back one-out singles by Wilson Ramos and Jake Marisnick in the second were wasted. Davis knocked a leadoff hit in the third, but Conforto hit into a 4-6-3 double play to put the pair away. Ramos grabbed another knock with two outs in the fourth and was left on base. But the tides would change as the offense rallied to break out in the fifth.

Amed Rosario drew a leadoff walk to put the tie-breaking run on first, and with two outs, Conforto hit a clutch RBI double to center field that put the Mets back ahead, 3-2. Snapping an 0-for-13 stretch, Pete Alonso tacked on another one for New York in the sixth with a solo shot to deep left field to make it 4-2. It was his seventh of the year. 

In the seventh, Rosario reached in the leadoff spot again with a single and Davis was hit by a pitch with one out. Then once again, Conforto came through with his third extra-base hit of the game with an RBI double off the wall to drive in Rosario. Davis was out on the play. 

Nine came to bat, four scored, and the Mets took a 9-2 lead in the top of the eighth. Cano notched a leadoff double and Alonso walked. Marisnick then got the scoring going with a one-out single on a line drive to center field that drove in Andres Gimenez, the pinch-runner for Cano. With two outs, McNeil brought Alonso home with a double and Marisnick scored on a passed ball. Davis drew a walk for first and third, and Conforto, the player of the game, lined a ball over short for an RBI single for the ninth and final run of the evening. New York would not let this one get away from them. 

ON DECK

The Mets will play a make-up game against the Yankees tomorrow afternoon at Citi Field.  The Amazins’ dropped 3-of-5 in their series with the Yanks last weekend and look to even it up on Thursday.

Robert Gsellman (0-0, 5.19 ERA) will take the mound for the home team, facing off with J.A. Happ (1-1, 4.05 ERA). Both pitchers are making back-to-back starts against their cross-town rivals.

In his last battle with Happ, Gsellman threw four innings and allowed one run on four hits. He had four strikeouts. Happ threw seven and a third shutout innings with five strikeouts against the Mets at Yankee Stadium. With the win on Wednesday in Baltimore, the Mets are now 5-10 against lefty starters. 

First pitch in Queens will be at 4:05 PM on September 3rd. The game will be televised by SNY and broadcast on WCBS 880-AM.