CINCINNATI (AP) — New York Mets pitcher Kodai Senga will be activated off the injured list on Tuesday and make his first start since late April against the Cincinnati Reds.
Senga's return to the rotation comes after right-hander Christian Scott was placed on the 15-day injured list Monday because of right hip impingement.
Scott and Senga both had bullpen sessions on Sunday. Manager Carlos Mendoza said Scott felt some discomfort after his last outing on June 11 against St. Louis, when the right-hander allowed four runs and three homers in 4 2/3 innings. Scott — 2-0 with a 3.10 ERA in nine starts — got treatment but still didn't feel well after throwing his bullpen.
“We decided to send him for an MRI right away that showed the hip injury,” Mendoza said before Monday's game. “He had a cortisol shot yesterday and is feeling a lot better already. So, we’re hoping this is a minimal stint on the IL.”
Senga — 0-4 with a 9.00 ERA in five starts this season — has been sidelined due to lumbar spine inflammation. He had a rehab outing last week for Class A Port St. Lucie and was likely to have another one before Scott's injury.
“We've been saying that we wanted to see results. We had with his last outing but we were waiting for him to throw his bullpen yesterday and felt good today,” Mendoza said. “He’s ready to go. He’s telling us he feels 100%. He was ready to compete at the big league level. For him to be very vocal about it is a really good sign”
The Mets also moved first baseman and designated hitter Jorge Polanco (left Achilles bursitis) to the 60-day injured list. Polanco has been sidelined since April 15 due to a left Achilles injury. However, he experienced soreness in his left ankle while on a rehab assignment.
Right-hander Daniel Duarte was optioned to Triple-A Syracuse while right-handers Tobias Myers and Jonathan Pintaro were called up.
The Mets also claimed infielder Zack Short off waivers from Detroit. Short hit .167 in 23 games this season with the Tigers.
Mendoza also announced that right-hander Nolan McLean will get the start in Wednesday's series finale.
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New York Mets pitcher Christian Scott reacts as he leaves during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals Thursday, June 11, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Eight people aboard a B-52 bomber that crashed shortly after takeoff Monday morning at a U.S. Air Force base in Southern California’s Mojave Desert are believed to be dead, according to the Air Force.
“Initial indications are that the crash was not survivable,” the Edwards Air Force Base posted on social media.
Emergency crews responded after the aircraft went down around 11:20 a.m. at north of Los Angeles. The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is a long-range bomber that entered service in 1955.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A B-52 bomber crashed shortly after takeoff Monday morning at a U.S. Air Force base in Southern California's Mojave Desert, officials said.
There was no information yet on the crew, however aerial footage showed virtually nothing left of an aircraft. Black smoke rose from a large swath of charred desert at Edwards Air Force Base near what appeared to be a runway, with emergency vehicles nearby. The military hasn’t said whether the bomber was armed.
The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, typically crewed by five people, is a long-range bomber that entered service in 1955. Designed to carry both conventional and nuclear weapons, it has been used in conflicts involving the U.S. military from Vietnam to Iran.
The plane crashed at around 11:20 a.m., the military said on the social platform X. By the afternoon, the airfield remained closed and all inbound aircraft were being diverted. Non-commercial visitor passes for the base were suspended “to allow the installation to focus entirely on emergency response operations,” officials said in a statement.
Edwards Air Force Base is home to a large portion of the U.S. Air Force’s aircraft test and development efforts and is about 100 miles (161 km) north of Los Angeles. The 412th Test Wing, which runs the base, also conducts developmental testing of all Air Force aircraft, weapons systems, software and components before purchase by the service as well as throughout their lifespan.
The vast desert base is also where Air Force test pilot Chuck Yeager reached a speed of Mach 1.05 and broke the sound barrier in 1947.
The way the B-52 crashed so quickly after takeoff without getting very high or going far makes aviation safety expert Jeff Guzzetti suspect some kind of flight control malfunction. But it’s too soon to say what might have caused the control problem.
It’s possible the controls were rigged wrong after maintenance, he said, or a catastrophic engine problem or a failure of a piece of equipment that was being tested.
“I think it was definitely a controllability issue. Now, whether that was tied to an engine failure, a flight control failure, or some new testing device failure, I’m not sure,” said Guzzetti, who used to investigate crashes for both the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board.
Although the Air Force has been flying B-52 bombers for more than 70 years, testing out new equipment on a plane can create new challenges.
“A flight test is always riskier than normal operations, so that’s why you have specially trained test pilots, and you should have other safety protocols,” Guzzetti said.
Toropin reported from Washington D.C. AP Transportation Writer Josh Funk contributed to this story from Omaha, Nebraska.
This image taken from video provided by KABC shows law enforcement responding to the scene of an aircraft crash, Monday, June 15, 2026, near Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. (KABC via AP)
