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The Mainichi
3 days ago
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- The Mainichi
Baseball: Senga pitches Mets past Rockies for 6th win
NEW YORK (Kyodo) -- New York Mets pitcher Kodai Senga picked up his sixth win of the season after working 6-1/3 solid innings in an 8-2 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Saturday. Senga (6-3) held the struggling Rockies to two runs and two hits while striking out seven and walking two in a 92-pitch outing at Citi Field. After giving up a solo home run to Ezequiel Tovar with one out in the top of the first inning, the Japanese right-hander, known for his "ghost forkball," settled in to retire 17 straight batters. In the seventh, Senga walked two of the first three batters and allowed an RBI single to Thairo Estrada that trimmed the Mets' lead to 7-2. Senga now leads the National League with a 1.60 ERA. Brett Baty hit a bases-loaded triple in the first and Brandon Nimmo added a two-run homer in the fourth for the Mets. At Dodger Stadium, Shohei Ohtani went 2-for-4 with a pair of singles in the Los Angeles Dodgers' 18-2 rout of the New York Yankees. At Wrigley Field, Chicago Cubs designated hitter Seiya Suzuki extended his hitting streak to a career-high 11 games with an eighth-inning RBI double in a 2-0 win over the Cincinnati Reds.
Kyodo News
3 days ago
- Sport
- Kyodo News
Baseball: Senga pitches Mets past Rockies for 6th win
KYODO NEWS - 10 minutes ago - 14:03 | Sports, All New York Mets pitcher Kodai Senga picked up his sixth win of the season after working 6-1/3 solid innings in an 8-2 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Saturday. Senga (6-3) held the struggling Rockies to two runs and two hits while striking out seven and walking two in a 92-pitch outing at Citi Field. After giving up a solo home run to Ezequiel Tovar with one out in the top of the first inning, the Japanese right-hander, known for his "ghost forkball," settled in to retire 17 straight batters. In the seventh, Senga walked two of the first three batters and allowed an RBI single to Thairo Estrada that trimmed the Mets' lead to 7-2. Senga now leads the National League with a 1.60 ERA. Brett Baty hit a bases-loaded triple in the first and Brandon Nimmo added a two-run homer in the fourth for the Mets. At Dodger Stadium, Shohei Ohtani went 2-for-4 with a pair of singles in the Los Angeles Dodgers' 18-2 rout of the New York Yankees. At Wrigley Field, Chicago Cubs designated hitter Seiya Suzuki extended his hitting streak to a career-high 11 games with an eighth-inning RBI double in a 2-0 win over the Cincinnati Reds. Related coverage: Skateboarding: Powerhouse Japan welcomes new Olympic age limit Baseball: Ohtani homers twice, Dodgers win series opener vs. Yankees Football: Nadeshiko Japan drop opener of friendly series in Brazil
New York Post
3 days ago
- Sport
- New York Post
Kodai Senga shakes off another early homer in latest strong Mets start
Access the Mets beat like never before Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Mike Puma about the inside buzz on the Mets. Try it free For the second outing in a row, Kodai Senga had a home run hit off him in the first inning to put the Mets in an early hole. Last Sunday, it was Shohei Ohtani of the reigning champion Dodgers. On Saturday, it was Ezequiel Tovar of the historically bad Rockies and it was the first home run that came off Senga's famous forkball. Still, Senga didn't waver. After the home run, he went on to retire 17 straight batters, striking out seven while allowing two hits and two earned runs across 6 ¹/₃ innings for his sixth win of the season in the Mets' 8-2 victory over Colorado. 3 Kodai Senga reacts during the Mets' 8-2 win over the Rockies on May 31, 2025. Corey Sipkin for the NY Post 'Ideally, I'd like to get through without giving up any runs,' Senga said through an interpreter after the game. 'But I think it's just a result of throwing the pitches where I know that they're going to hit it, and it just happens to be that way. … I think the most important thing was that I was able to throw strikes to get ahead.' It was the first time Senga allowed two or fewer hits in an outing of at least 6 ¹/₃ innings since August 19, 2023. 3 Kodai Senga reacts after allowing a home run during the Mets' win over the Rockies. Robert Sabo for the NY Post CHECK OUT THE LATEST MLB STANDINGS AND METS STATS He also has allowed three earned runs or less in 28 consecutive starts, which is the fourth-longest such streak in Mets' history. 'I thought he was amazing,' Brett Baty said. 'I was saying out there that I just think his resilience this year has been incredible. He gave up a homer in the Dodgers start in the first inning, and then he gave up a homer today in the first inning. After that, came back out and pitched strikes and just mowed everybody down. It was cool.' 3 Kodai Senga walks off the field to a standing ovation after exiting the game in the seventh inning of the Mets' win. Robert Sabo for the NY Post His consistency has earned him the third-best ERA in the league (1.60) behind the Royals' Kris Bubic (1.45) and the Rangers' Nathan Eovaldi (1.56). But the righty isn't concerned with that. Delivering insights on all things Amazin's Sign up for Inside the Mets by Mike Puma, exclusively on Sports+ Thank you Enter your email address Please provide a valid email address. By clicking above you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Enjoy this Post Sports+ exclusive newsletter! Check out more newsletters Rather, he is looking at the only other hiccup of his outing, which came in the seventh inning when he had a pitch-clock violation and gave up two walks and two singles. He ruled it was likely from fatigue. 'I don't really think about my stats. There's a lot more season. A lot more games left in the season. In terms of my innings pitched, give it a few days and I'm probably no longer on the leaderboard. So, we have a lot more left to do. I want to finish my outings on a strong note, unlike today. So, we have a lot of work to do and a lot of season.'
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Max Muncy's 200th career home run (5)
Carlos Mendoza, Pete Alonso, and Kodai Senga on Mets taking two of three from Dodgers Following the Mets' 3-1 win over the Dodgers, Carlos Mendoza speaks about taking two of three games from the former World Series champs, Pete Alonso reacts to hitting a clutch home run after his long drought, and Kodai Senga discusses settling down after his rocky first inning.
Reuters
3 days ago
- Sport
- Reuters
Mets grab early lead, hand Rockies 7th straight loss
May 31 - Brett Baty hit a bases-clearing triple in a four-run first inning, Kodai Senga pitched 6 1/3 strong innings and the host New York Mets cruised to an 8-2 victory over the MLB-worst Colorado Rockies on Saturday. Brandon Nimmo hit a two-run homer and Juan Soto added a homer off Colorado's Antonio Senzatela (1-10) when the Mets hit back-to-back drives in the fourth. Tyrone Taylor added an RBI single in the first and Jeff McNeil homered in the eighth as the Mets won for the sixth time in seven games. Francisco Lindor reached base four times as the Mets finished with 11 hits and moved a season-high 14 games over .500. Senga (6-3) allowed two run-scoring hits in his second-longest outing this season. The right-hander struck out seven and walked two in an outing that began when Colorado leadoff hitter Jordan Beck struck out on a pitch clock violation. Ezequiel Tovar homered after Beck's game-opening strikeout and Thairo Estrada had an RBI single that chased Senga in the seventh. Senzatela allowed seven runs on eight hits in four innings. The right-hander struck out two, walked two and lost his seventh straight start. After Tovar homered to left on Senga's full-count forkball, the Mets took a 4-1 lead in the bottom half on shaky defense by center fielder Brenton Doyle. Baty lifted a fly ball to left-center field that carried over Doyle's head and resulted in a triple when the ball went off the fence. After Senzatela got the second out, Taylor hit a sinking liner to right-center and Doyle could not get there in time. In the fourth, Nimmo made it 6-1 by blasting a 1-1 sinker to right-center and Soto homered for the first time since May 9 by driving the next pitch, also a sinker, over the center field seats. Senga retired 17 straight before walking Tovar to start the seventh. After Estrada singled, the Rockies loaded the bases but Jose Butto struck out Kyle Farmer to keep the lead at 7-2. Held to three hits, the Rockies lost their seventh straight and fell to 2-16 under interim manager Warren Schaeffer. Colorado also extended a major league record with its 22nd straight series loss. --Field Level Media
