It was an important outing for Senga, as he hopes to be a major factor for the Mets' rotation this season after an injury-plagued 2024 campaign.Senga met with reporters after his outing against the A's and talked about how he was so efficient on the afternoon.

Kodai Senga became the first Mets pitcher to threw seven innings this year, and New York beat the Athletics 8-0 for its fourth straight series win.

By the seventh, the Mets right-hander still was bringing his fastball at 96 mph and breezing through the A’s lineup. Maybe the only question was whether he would get a shot at least to start the eighth.