NEW YORK — This article originally appeared on PGHBaseballNOW.com.
One day after a 4-3 walk-off win, the Pittsburgh Pirates suffered a 4-3 walk-off loss against the New York Mets on Monday night.
Paul Skenes delivered a strong start and Isiah Kiner-Falefa hit a home run in his return from the injured list, but Pete Alonso’s sac fly in the bottom of the ninth sunk Pittsburgh.
The Pirates (14-28) will try and rebound following a tough loss when they take on the Mets (27-15) in the second game of the series on Tuesday night.
RHP Kodai Senga (4-2, 1.16 ERA) will start for the Mets.
Senga threw 6.0-shutout frames against the Diamondbacks in his most recent start on Wednesday.
The right-hander hasn’t allowed a run in four of his last six starts and has a remarkable 0.80 ERA during that span. In those six games, Senga hasn’t allowed a home run and opponents have a .217/.318/.270 batting line against him.
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