Mets' Kodai Senga has worst start of career in loss to Athletics: 'He just didn't have it today'
Kodai Senga pitched his worst game as a Mets starter, allowing seven runs in a loss ot the Athletics on Saturday afternoon in Citi Field.
After an impressive spring and solid start to the season, it looked as if Kodai Senga was getting back to what made him such a dominant force for the Mets . However, the ineffective Senga emerged in Saturday's 11-6 loss to the Athletics on Saturday as the right-hander had his worst start as a major leaguer. Senga allowed a career-high seven runs on eight hits, two walks across 2.
1 innings. What plagued Senga was his lack of control, as only 40 of his 72 pitches went for strikes. "The biggest thing is I wasn’t able to control many pitches near the strike zone or over the plate," Senga said of his outing through the team interpreter.
"He didn’t have much," Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said of Senga. "Starts with fastball command and he just didn’t have it. He kept going to that sinker to get back in counts or get a strike, but he didn’t have a feel for his pitches… Overall, just getting behind because the command wasn’t there.
" Senga, who has become known for letting bad starts snowball on him, attributed his lack of control to a "slight" mechanical issue, but he felt great physically. In spring and in his first two starts, Senga's fastball was in the high 90s. On Saturday, he was hovering around 93-94.