Senga Shines on Short Rest, Mets Top Giants

0:00It's April 6th. Welcome in. This is New York Met's news today, where Team Coverage meets AI. Kodai Senga looks sharp on normal rest. Sunday firing five and two-thirds strong innings to help the Met's top the Giants five to two at Oracle Park. It was just the fifth time in his career pitching on the fifth day after a start, and he held them to two earned runs on five hits with seven strikeouts. Usually, Senga gets at least a six day of rest, but he handled the tighter schedule smooth, echoing his solid season debut against the Cardinals. Earlier this week, where he fanned nine over six frames. Manager Carlos Mendoza called it, dominant stuff, highlighting his fastball, cutter, and fork ball that shut down the lineup with barely any hard. Contact. This comes after a rough second half last year that sent him to triple A Syracuse to tweak his mechanics. Senga felt great physically coming out healthy, crediting solid defense like Jerry Young's big throw from left field to nail a runner at second in the fifth.

1:02With an off day Monday, the rotation skips ahead, setting Senga up for extra rest before facing the athletic Saturday at City Field, looking like he's locked in for the long haul.