Kodai Senga Pitching With Humility, Finding New Success

On a cold Monday night, Kodai Senga worked through five shutout innings against a familiar Marlins lineup. After allowing a walk and a single to open the first, Senga escaped thanks in part to Hayden Senger’s first career caught stealing. From there, he settled in, mixing pitches well and inducing a pair of double plays in the fourth and fifth to get out of more trouble.

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It wasn’t overpowering, but it was efficient: five hits, two walks, four strikeouts, and no runs.