Umpires halted Mets-Cubs game after Kodai Senga slipped on mound

The Mets’ recreation in opposition to the Cubs was lastly put into the rain delay on Monday night time, however not earlier than starter Kodai Senga slipped on the mound warming up.

Senga was taking his warmup pitches to get free earlier than the beginning of the seventh inning when his left touchdown leg skidded ahead on the Citi Discipline mound with the Mets main 7-2 and rain steadily coming down in Queens.

The righty’s legs wobbled a bit earlier than he was in a position to get his proper leg right down to regain his stability.

He didn’t seem like injured.

The grounds crew went to work on the mound beneath the supervision of the umpires and Mets supervisor Buck Showalter.

“You need to cease the sport,” Gary Cohn exclaimed on the SNY to which accomplice Ron Darling agreed.

Senga gave the impression to be pointing to the touchdown space on the entrance of the mound needing to dried.

“When you see that you just’re endangering the participant,” Cohen added later. “There’s no motive to hazard the gamers it doesn’t matter what the rating is.”

He took a couple of extra cautious warmup pitches earlier than Showalter got here again over and motioned that Senga’s day was achieved.

“He’s not gonna put him in hurt’s means, it’s that straightforward,” Cohen stated of Showalter

The sport went right into a rain delay shortly after.

Senga, one of many few shiny spots for the Mets this season, was in the midst of a powerful outing, permitting simply seven hits, two earned runs and two walks whereas putting out six on simply 85 pitches.