New York Mets right-hander Kodai Senga left Thursday’s begin in opposition to the Washington Nationals with an obvious proper leg damage, and was positioned on the 15-day Injured Listing instantly after the sport. Mets’ supervisor Carlos Mendoza introduced the transfer to reporters post-game.
Senga allowed simply two baserunners within the first 5.1 innings earlier than racing to cowl first on CJ Abrams’ grounder to Pete Alonso. Senga made a leaping seize of Alonso’s excessive throw and touched the bag along with his proper foot on his approach down.
However the 32-year-old stumbled upon touchdown and reached for the again of his proper leg earlier than hopping and finally tumbling to the bottom.
Senga was visited by Mendoza, a coach and his interpreter earlier than being surrounded by teammates. He acquired up and walked off the sector on his personal, albeit with a slight limp.
No details about the severity of the damage is out there presently, however the Mets could have Senga endure an MRI on Friday.
The 5.2 scoreless innings of one-hit ball lowered Senga’s ERA to 1.47. Left-hander Jose Castillo entered with the Mets main 4-0.
Senga suffered a left calf damage in his solely regular-season begin final July 26. After lacking the primary 102 video games due to a proper shoulder pressure, Senga gave up two runs in 5 1/3 innings in opposition to the Atlanta Braves earlier than he was injured sprinting off the mound to clear room for Alonso to catch a pop-up by Austin Riley. Senga returned to make three appearances, together with two temporary begins, within the playoffs.
Reporting by The Related Press.
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