Kodai Senga finally falters out of pen as Mets waste rally, Nolan McLean gem in walk-off loss to White Sox

Nypost · Aug 23, 2026 · 689 words · By Mike Puma

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CHICAGO — Kodai Senga stood with his hands on his hips in disgust as fireworks exploded beyond the center field scoreboard at Rate Field.

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What happened

CHICAGO — Kodai Senga stood with his hands on his hips in disgust as fireworks exploded beyond the center field scoreboard at Rate Field.

Why it matters

“It’s kind of a moment of realization that I’m in a position where the game can end with one pitch, with one swing of the bat,” Senga said through his interpreter after surrendering a walk-off homer to Tristan Peters in the Mets’ 2-1 loss to the White Sox.

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Claim 1: “Tristan Peters [hit a] walk-off homer”

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AP News and other web results explicitly state that Tristan Peters hit a walk-off solo home run against the Mets.

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Claim 2: “the Mets’ 2-1 loss to the White Sox”

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Multiple sources confirm the Mets lost 2-1 to the White Sox, including AP News and a report on Kodai Senga's walk-off loss.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 New York Mets season is the 65th season of the New York Mets in Major League Baseball, their 18th at Citi Field, and their sixth under majority owner Steve Cohen. The Mets were unsuccessful i…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New York Mets are an American professional baseball team based in Flushing, Queens, New York City. They compete in the East Division of Major League Baseball's (MLB) National League (NL). The team…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_New_York_Mets_seasons

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New York Mets are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of Queens. The Mets compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) …
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Claim 3: “Dedniel Núñez pitched a scoreless seventh for his third appearance in his last four without allowing an earned run”

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Claim 4: “Peters with the walk-off magic for the AL Central leader”

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Claim 5: “Senga had a 1.29 ERA in his previous seven appearances this month”

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No evidence was found regarding Senga's ERA in his previous seven appearances this month.

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Claim 6: “Rogers — who won Friday’s game with a walk-off homer against lefty Jefry Yan in the ninth”

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Claim 7: “The right-hander is working back from Tommy John surgery rehab”

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Claim 8: “Over that stretch his ERA dropped from 3.51 to 3.21”

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Claim 9: “drop only their second series in the six they have played since the trade deadline”

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The YouTube source mentions the bullpen letting the team down for the first time since the trade deadline, but the specific 'second series in six' statistic is not corroborated by other provided sources.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024 New York Mets season was the franchise's 63rd season in Major League Baseball, their 16th at Citi Field, and their fourth under majority owner Steve Cohen. After a dismal 22–33 start to the s…
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Claim 10: “McLean loaded the bases with consecutive walks to Munetaka Murakami and Miguel Vargas in the third”

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Claim 11: “The Mets homered five times a night earlier”

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No evidence was found regarding the number of home runs the Mets hit the night prior.

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Claim 12: “Jake Rogers hit a shot to left field in the fifth inning that leaping Luis Robert Jr. caught at the fence”

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Claim 13: “A night earlier he had pitched a scoreless ninth in a non-save situation”

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The search results for this claim returned irrelevant adult content (XNXX) and no sports-related evidence regarding Senga's performance the previous night.

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Claim 14: “Senga’s first hiccup since becoming the closer two weeks ago when Devin Williams was placed on the injured list”

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Evidence from Yahoo Sports and Laura Albanese confirms Kodai Senga took over the closer role after Devin Williams was placed on the injured list with a shoulder strain.

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Claim 15: “Green’s starting lineup included backups Eric Wagaman and Christopher Morel”

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Claim 16: “The start was McLean’s third straight of at least six innings with one or no runs allowed”

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Claim 17: “Andrew Benintendi’s RBI triple in the eighth against Daniel Duarte produced the game’s first run”

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Claim 18: “Nolan McLean dominated over six shutout innings in which he allowed only one hit”

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Claim 19: “The right-hander walked four batters and hit another, finishing with six strikeouts”

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Claim 20: “the Mets tied it 1-1 on Jared Young’s RBI single in the ninth”

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Claim 21: “The Mets lost on a second walk-off homer in three games”

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A YouTube source explicitly mentions the Mets were 'walked off two times in three days', and other sources confirm the recent walk-off loss to the White Sox.

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Claim 22: “Peters’ blast to center on a 96 mph fastball”

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While the home run is corroborated, the specific detail about it being a 'blast to center on a 96 mph fastball' is not explicitly detailed in the provided evidence snippets, though the event itself is confirmed.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tristan Jackson (born March 5, 1986) is an American former professional football defensive back who played nine seasons in the Canadian Football League. He was signed as a street free agent by the Edm…
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Claim 23: “Duarte... allowed two hits in the inning”

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Claim 24: “Francisco Alvarez and Ewing each struck out, the latter occurring with the bases loaded”

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Claim 25: “struck out Benintendi on three pitches”

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Claim 26: “Overall, they are 12-6 during that stretch”

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Sources provide contradictory records for the stretch since the trade deadline: one source claims a 1-8 stretch, while another claims they were 'undefeated since the Trade Deadline'.

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