Overview
- In 2 2/3 innings, Kodai Senga allowed two solo homers (Joshua Baez and Miguel Ugueto), struck out two, walked none, and threw 34 of 50 pitches for strikes while touching 98.9 mph.
- The Mets erased a 2-0 deficit: Mike Tauchman doubled home a run in the sixth; Brett Baty and Luis Torrens singled before a Yairo Padilla throwing error tied it in the seventh; Wyatt Young drove in the go-ahead run in the eighth.
- Prospect Jack Wenninger earned the win with three scoreless innings and five strikeouts, generating 11 whiffs, topping 97.4 mph, and striking out the side in the eighth on changeups.
- Manager Carlos Mendoza lauded Senga's sharpness and health, noting fastballs at 97–98 mph and a return to form he attributed to an offseason mechanical reset.
- Next up, New York hosts the Yankees on Sunday in Port St. Lucie with Freddy Peralta set to face Ryan Weathers on WPIX at 1:10 p.m. EDT.