Morning Briefing: Kodai Senga Exercising Caution With Finger

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Good morning, Mets fans!

Kodai Senga said that he’s confident that he could pitch through the tendinitis in his index finger right now, but he’s being cautious. Senga was scratched from his start on Saturday because of the injury. Buck Showalter said that if this were the regular season, Senga likely would have made the start.

Kodai Senga is confident that he could pitch now if needed, but he's being cautious as he deals with tendinitis at the base of his index finger: pic.twitter.com/MN68xwpmBt

— SNY (@SNYtv) March 12, 2023

WBC Scores

Japan 7, Australia 1

Italy 7, Netherlands 1

Former Met Matt Harvey: 4 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 3 K, W

Israel 3, Nicaragua 1

Former Met Ty Kelly: 0-for-1, BB
Former Met Robert Stock: 1 IP, 2 K, SV

Canada 18, Great Britain 8 (F/7)

Venezuela 9, Puerto Rico 6

Francisco Lindor: 1-for-4, R
Former Met Javier Báez: 0-for-4, RBI
Eduardo Escobar: 0-for-5
Former Met Andrés Giménez: 2-for-5
Former Met Hector Santiago: 2 1/3 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 1 K

Mexico 11, USA 5

Pete Alonso: 0-for-4, 2 K
Jeff McNeil: 1-for-4
Adam Ottavino: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB 1 K
Former Met Aaron Loup: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K

Australia 8, Czech Republic 3

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