Baseball: Kodai Senga earns 8th win as Mets rout Cubs

First-year MLB pitcher Kodai Senga picked up his eighth win Monday after the right-hander held the Chicago Cubs to two runs over six innings in the New York Mets' 11-2 clobbering.Senga (8-6) allowed seven hits and two walks at New York's Citi Field but had run support, especially from Pete Alonso, whose three-run first-inning home run and a two-run shot in the third off Drew Smyly (8-8) helped the Mets snap a six-game skid."Alonso hit a home run for us at the start and allowed me to settle into the game comfortably," said Senga, who yielded runs when Cubs cleanup hitter Cody Bellinger singl…READ FULL ARTICLE