Mets RHP Kodai Senga throws 52 pitches over 2 2/3 scoreless innings in Triple-A rehab start

By MIKE FITZPATRICK 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) — New York Mets pitcher Kodai Senga has tossed 2 2/3 scoreless innings of two-hit ball in his second minor league rehab start. Sidelined all season by a shoulder injury, the right-hander threw 30 of his 52 pitches for strikes with Triple-A Syracuse against the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, a New York Yankees affiliate. He struck out three, walked two and uncorked a pair of wild pitches. Senga made his first rehab start last Wednesday with High-A Brooklyn, throwing 25 of 35 pitches for strikes in 2 2/3 hitless innings. He struck out six of the nine batters he faced without issuing a walk against Hudson Valley.