Kodai Senga had a throwback performance Saturday, but not in a positive sense.<\/p>\n
In a reversion to the second half of last season, when the right-hander became easy work for opponents, Senga got jumped early by the A\u2019s and couldn\u2019t even last three innings.<\/p>\n
Sloppy defense didn\u2019t help and Luke Weaver imploded late, but this one was mostly on Senga in his team\u2019s 11-6 loss at Citi Field amid plenty of boos that gave the Mets a four-game losing streak.<\/p>\n
The Mets awoke offensively after three straight dormant games but never caught the A\u2019s following Senga\u2019s ugly abbreviated outing. Senga smacked his right leg in disgust with his glove as he walked toward the dugout after his removal in the third inning.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe biggest thing was I wasn\u2019t able to control very many pitches near the strike zone or over the plate,\u201d Senga said through his interpreter.<\/p>\n
Senga lasted only 2 \u00b9\/\u2083 innings, surrendering seven earned runs on eight hits and two walks with three strikeouts before being removed at 72 pitches. It was a reversal from what the Mets had seen from Senga in his first two starts this season, when he was effective against the Cardinals and Giants.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe didn\u2019t have much, especially fastball command,\u201d manager Carlos Mendoza said. \u201cHe kept going to that sinker, just to see if he could get back in counts or get strikes, but he just didn\u2019t have a feel for his pitches.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mets pitcher Kodai Senga (34) is taken out after giving up a three-run home run by Athletics left fielder Carlos Cortes (26) during the third inning when the New York Mets played the Athletics on Saturday, April 11, 2026 at Citi Field. Robert Sabo for NY Post<\/p>\n
Bo Bichette ended the Mets\u2019 scoreless drought at 17 innings with an RBI single in the first against lefty Jacob Lopez, giving the Mets a 1-0 lead.<\/p>\n
Senga walked Denzel Clarke with the bases loaded in the second to give the A\u2019s their first run. Lawrence Butler\u2019s RBI fielder\u2019s choice extended the lead to 2-1. Senga\u2019s troubles started with consecutive singles by Jacob Wilson and Jeff McNeil to begin the inning before Carlos Cortes walked with one out to load the bases. Francisco Lindor had a defensive lapse in the inning \u2014 he was caught out of position on a grounder to Marcus Semien, costing the Mets a shot at a double play on Butler\u2019s grounder that could have ended the inning. Semien instead ran to the base after fielding the grounder.<\/p>\n
\u201cI went after the ball and Marcus was there and didn\u2019t make it to second base and we didn\u2019t turn the double play,\u201d Lindor said.<\/p>\n
Mets shortstop Bo Bichette (19) hits a two-run homer during the fifth inning. Robert Sabo for NY Post<\/p>\n
It continued a rough stretch for Lindor in all facets of the game \u2013 he\u2019s batting only .167 following a 1-for-5 performance. He\u2019s also had lapses on the bases, most recently Friday when he got caught off third base on a grounder.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel like I\u2019m locked in,\u201d Lindor said. \u201cI feel like I\u2019m in the game and it just happens. I have got to be better.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tyler Soderstrom smashed a two-run homer against Senga in the third, following Shea Langeliers\u2019 leadoff double. The blast was the first Senga had allowed this season. The A\u2019s started a second rally in the inning. Wilson singled \u2014 a ball that Semien missed with a bare hand \u2014 and McNeil hit a grounder off Mark Vientos\u2019 glove for a single. Cortes delivered the knockout blow to Senga with a three-run homer that buried the Mets in a 7-1 hole.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s tough having back-to-back innings with high pitch counts,\u201d Senga said. \u201cBut not every outing is going to be smooth sailing. Some outings are going to be tough. In a long season stuff like this is going to happen, so I want to reflect on this over the time before I go back out there, to make sure it doesn\u2019t happen again or it\u2019s better next time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mets pitcher Luke Weaver (30) gives up a a there-run home run to Athletics left fielder Tyler Soderstrom (21). Robert Sabo for NY Post<\/p>\n
Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez (4) stands on second base, but his blast was ruled a home run. Robert Sabo for NY Post<\/p>\n
Bichette\u2019s first Mets homer cut the deficit. With Lindor aboard, Bichette hit a shot to right that just cleared the right-field fence. The two-run homer gave Bichette a team-leading nine RBIs.<\/p>\n
Francisco Alvarez\u2019s blast leading off the bottom of the sixth sliced the Mets\u2019 deficit to 7-4. The homer was Alvarez\u2019s team-leading fourth this season. Before the inning was complete, Carson Benge scored the Mets\u2019 fifth run. Benge walked and scored on Brett Baty\u2019s sacrifice fly following Semien\u2019s single.<\/p>\n
Jorge Polanco homered an inning later to pull the Mets within one run. The Mets put the tying and go-ahead runs on base before the inning was complete, but Benge and Semien were retired in succession to end the threat.<\/p>\n
Weaver\u2019s second straight rough performance sank the Mets in the eighth. Weaver surrendered a three-run blast to Soderstrom after Langeliers\u2019 RBI single gave the A\u2019s a two-run lead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kodai Senga had a throwback performance Saturday, but not in a positive sense. In a reversion to the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":193908,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[20046,35579,36895,20,9,11,320,10,39076,319],"class_list":{"0":"post-193907","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-bo-bichette","9":"tag-kodai-senga","10":"tag-luke-weaver","11":"tag-mlb","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-headlines","14":"tag-new-york-mets","15":"tag-new-york-news","16":"tag-oakland-as","17":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}