Mets Drop Opener, Senga Shines

0:00It's April 1st. Welcome in. This is New York Mets News today, where your team meets AI. I'm Cory with the story. Mets dropped the tough three nothing lost to the Cardinals in St. Louis last night, getting shut out despite a strong outing from Cody Senga in his. First start of the season. He fired six innings, struck out nine, walked three, and touched high 90s on the fastball, allowing just two earned runs that weren't all on him. The damage came early in the third when center-fielder Louis Robert Jr. had a rough night defensively. He misread a flyball that turned into a double for Victor Scott II, then botched the cutoff on the next play, letting runners advance and score on Ivan Herrera's double to left. Mets hitters went ice cold against the so-so cardinal staff, managing only three hits total. Their best shot was the six, with Juan Soto's double and Boba Schetz walk, but Robert flew out and Jared Young lined into a momentum-killing double. Play.

1:00Manager Carlos Mendoza handed it to reliever Richard Love Lady in the seventh, who gave up a solo homer to Ramon Aureus right away, making it. Three nothing. Love Lady settled in after that, eating innings to save the pin. Silver lining, the Mets can grab the series when tomorrow, at 1.15pm Eastern, with Freddie Peralta starting, so let's hope the bats wake up and back him.