Manager Carlos Mendoza discusses Brandon Nimmo leaving the game with neck stiffness, Kodai Senga's outing and more following the Mets' 5-4 loss

Kodai Senga was not injured, but he was battered on the mound. It all added up to a painful loss for the Mets, who dug a hole from which they never quite escaped in a 5-4 contest at Nationals Park on Wednesday, snapping a three-game winning streak and falling 6 ½ games back of the Phillies in the division.