Mets RHP Kodai Senga throws 66 pitches over 4 2/3 innings in latest Triple-A rehab start

By CHARLES O’BRIEN The Associated Press

FILE - New York Mets pitcher Kodai Senga responds to questions during a news interview before the first baseball game of a doubleheader against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Tuesday, May 28, 2024, in New York. Senga has tossed 2 2/3 scoreless innings of two-hit ball Tuesday, July 9, 2024, in his second minor league rehab start. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)[ASSOCIATED PRESS/Frank Franklin II]

NEW YORK (AP) — Mets pitcher Kodai Senga allowed one run over 4 2/3 innings in his third minor league rehab start. The right-hander threw 40 of his 66 pitches for strikes in his second start for Triple-A Syracuse on Sunday. He allowed a pair of singles, walked two and struck out three. The run, which scored on a fourth-inning sacrifice fly, was the first allowed by Senga across his three rehab starts. Senga has been out since early spring training with a right shoulder capsule strain. He is expected to join the Mets’ rotation by late July or early August.