Kodai Senga leads Mets over Athletics 8-0 for fourth straight series win

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Kodai Senga became the first Mets pitcher to threw seven innings this year, and New York beat the Athletics 8-0 on Sunday for its fourth straight series win.

Senga (2-1) allowed four hits, struck out four and walked two, throwing a season-high 79 pitches and lowering his ERA to 1.06. A.J. Minter and Max Kranick combined for one-hit relief in the Mets' third shutout in 15 games; last year, they got their first shutout in game No. 92.

Luis Torrens had three hits and two RBIs, raising his average to .333. Mark Vientos, who entered hitting .120 with one RBI, had an run-scoring double and bases-loaded walk as the Mets won for the eighth time in 10 games.

Luis Severino (0-3), who left the Mets during the offseason to sign a $67 million, three-year contract with the A's, allowed one run, four hits and three walks in 5 2/3 innings.

Torrens had a two-out RBI single in the sixth. Lindor doubled in a run in the seventh and scored when Noah Murdock walked Vientos with the bases loaded, and Vientos and Torrens had RBI double in a four-run ninth that included Brett Baty driving in a run with his first big league triple.

Mets center fielder Jose Siri, who left Saturday’s game after fouling a ball off his left shin, has pain and could be headed to the injured list, according to manager Carlos Mendoza.

Torrens put the Mets ahead when he drove a 97 mph Severino pitch to the opposite field in right.

The Mets had been 0 for 27 with runners in scoring position until Torrens’ single in the sixth.

Mets: Begin a three-game series at Minnesota on Monday. RHP Clay Holmes (1-1, 4.30) is set to take the mound against RHP Joe Ryan (1-1, 2.65).

Athletics: LHP Jeffrey Springs (2-1, 4.20 ERA) starts Tuesday's opener of a three-game series at the Chicago White Sox, who send RHP Sean Burke (1-2, 6.08) to the mound.

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New York Mets' Tyrone Taylor (15) gets hit during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Athletics Sunday, April 13, 2025, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Sara Nevis)

New York Mets catcher Luis Torrens (13) celebrates with Mets pitcher Max Kranick (32) after a baseball game against the Athletics Sunday, April 13, 2025, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Sara Nevis)

New York Mets' Luis Torrens (13) celebrates after hitting an RBI double during the ninth inning of a baseball game Sunday, April 13, 2025, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Sara Nevis)

New York Mets pitcher Kodai Senga (34) walks to the dugout during the seventh inning of a baseball game Sunday, April 13, 2025, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Sara Nevis)

New York Mets pitcher Kodai Senga (34) walks to the dugout during the seventh inning of a baseball game Sunday, April 13, 2025, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Sara Nevis)

New York Mets pitcher Kodai Senga (34) throws to the Athletics during the seventh inning of a baseball game Sunday, April 13, 2025, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Sara Nevis)

New York Mets pitcher Kodai Senga (34) walks to the dugout during the seventh inning of a baseball game Sunday, April 13, 2025, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Sara Nevis)

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s motorcade took a different route than usual to the airport as he was departing Florida on Sunday due to a “suspicious object,” according to the White House.

The object, which the White House did not describe, was discovered during security sweeps in advance of Trump’s arrival at Palm Beach International Airport.

“A further investigation was warranted and the presidential motorcade route was adjusted accordingly,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement Sunday.

The president, when asked about the package by reporters, said, “I know nothing about it.”

Trump left his Palm Beach, Florida, club, Mar-a-Lago, around 6:20 p.m. for the roughly 10-minute drive to the airport, but took a circular route around the city to get there.

During the drive, police officers on motorcycles created a moving blockade for the motorcade, at one point almost colliding with the vans that accompanied Trump.

Air Force One was parked on the opposite side of the airport from where it is usually located and the lights outside the plane were turned off.

Anthony Guglielmi, the spokesman for U.S. Secret Service, said the secondary route was taken just as a precaution and that “that is standard protocol.”

President Donald Trump departs Trump International Golf Club in the presidential limousine, known as The Beast, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)