Senga's Strong Return: Mets' First Quality Start

0:00It's April 1st, this is New York Metz News Today, powered by AI Everything Happening With Your Team. I'm Corey with the story. Kodai Senga made his long-awaited return to the mound for the Metz, firing six strong innings against the Cardinals on March 31st, 20. 26. He allowed just two earned runs on four hits in three walks while racking up nine strike outs in a three-nothing loss. His fastball average 97.4 miles per hour, touching 98 on that final K. Racking the team's first quality start of the die. Year. Earlier this week, it had been 212 days since his last big league outing, following a hamstring strain that derailed his 20. 25 season. Senga started hot last year, with a 7-3 record and a 1.39 ERA over 14 starts, but injuries led to a rough stretch, where he gave up plenty of runs before a minor league stint to tweak his mechanics. As your Carlos Mendoza called it, electric stuff, straight out of Senga's rookie year vibes

1:02when he fanned over 10 batters per nine. Fans in the clubhouse saw hope in his velocity jump of nearly three miles per hour, even without offensive backing in front of 22,000. 823 at Bush Stadium. The only real hiccup came in the third, where three fat pitches over the plate let the cards score all their runs on a double and singles. Hiccup bounced back with eight straight outs, including strike outsides in the second and sixth, though his ghost fork ball needed some warming up. Now the Metz plan normal rests for his next turn Sunday against the Giants, building on this momentum as Senga feels locked in, reading hitters like a, book and ready to dominate.