Mets’ Kodai Senga’s ‘ghost forkball’ embarrasses Marlins hitter for first MLB strikeout

New York Mets followers have been ready for Kodai Senga to make his massive league debut, because the Japanese starter was a prized addition to the rotation that was thought-about by many to be the perfect in baseball. 

Certainly one of Senga’s go-to pitches is one which has baffled MLB: The ghost fork. Miami Marlins’ Yuli Gurriel grew to become a sufferer to it on Sunday afternoon. 

Senga’s first strikeout of his MLB profession got here on a phenomenal ghost fork thrown to Gurriel, who was so out in entrance that his bat went flying down the third baseline. 

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Kodai Senga, #34 of the New York Mets, seems on in the course of the fourth inning of the sport in opposition to the Miami Marlins at loanDepot park on April 2, 2023 in Miami. (Megan Briggs/Getty Photos)

Senga’s face stated all of it, as he watched the bat rolls its method down the road: It was an ideal pitch. 

Nonetheless, that was simply what Senga wanted to settle into the sport. He gave up a single to Luis Arraez after which a double to Jorge Soler that scored Arraez, who superior on a wild pitch. 

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Senga gave up back-to-back walks to Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Avisail Garcia after that, however the Gurriel strikeout turned the tide for his first outing. 

Senga would go on to strike out Jesus Sanchez and get Jon Berti to line out to finish the inning with simply the one run allowed. 

Kodai Senga, #34 of the New York Mets, delivers a pitch in opposition to the Miami Marlins in the course of the second inning of the sport at loanDepot park on April 2, 2023 in Miami. (Megan Briggs/Getty Photos)

The remainder of the best way, Senga didn’t permit a single run and struck out six extra Marlins over his closing 4.1 innings. The ultimate line for Senga learn 5.1 inning with three hits and one earned run, whereas strolling three and hanging out eight. 

The ghost fork is one thing that’s going to be exhausting for hitters to deal with all through the season when Senga is on the mound. That’s the reason Mets proprietor Steve Cohen was prepared to shell out $75 million over the subsequent 5 seasons for the 30-year-old. 

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Senga was one in every of three starters the Mets added this offseason, together with Justin Verlander and Jose Quintana, who’re each are on the IL with accidents for now. 

The Mets ended up taking this sport 5-1, as one other offseason acquisition, outfielder Tommy Pham, went 3-for-4 with three RBI which included his first residence run as a Met. It was a two-run bomb off Marlins starter Trevor Rogers. Jeff McNeil additionally added an RBI on a 1-for-4 day. 

Kodai Senga, #34 of the New York Mets, delivers a pitch in opposition to the Miami Marlins in the course of the first inning of the sport at loanDepot park on April 2, 2023 in Miami. (Megan Briggs/Getty Photos)

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New York gained the sequence two video games to 1, and can head to Milwaukee to face the Brewers for his or her subsequent sequence of the yr.