Kodai Senga continued his strong spring, and Luis Robert Jr. and Marcus Semien led the way offensively as the Mets defeated the Houston Astros, 6-2, in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Thursday night.

The Mets are now 12-9 in Grapefruit League play with a week to go before Opening Day.

Here are the takeaways...

-Senga wasn't as dominant as his last spring start, but he showed a lot of resiliency, stranding runners and not allowing his lack of pinpoint command to get to him.

He allowed a baserunner in his first three innings, including a runner on second with one out, but got Christian Walker to ground out and Yainer Diaz to strike out to get out of the jam in the second inning. In the fourth, Cam Smith doubled with one out but was stranded when Senga got Zach Cole to pop up and Walker out on strikes.

Senga was done after four scoreless innings (63 pitches, 41 strikes), allowing three hits and one walk while striking out four. He's now thrown seven consecutive scoreless innings and has 11 strikeouts in 9.2 innings pitched.

Most encouraging was that he topped out at 97.3 mph on Thursday and has reached 99 mph this spring.

-The Mets had their A-squad on the field and scratched across a run in the second thanks to a Robert double and Semien sac fly, which was set up by a Brett Baty flyout. Baty started in right field on Thursday.

In the fourth, they had another chance to put up some runs after Bo Bichette led off with a single and Jorge Polanco walked. Robert popped up, but Baty picked him up with a double that plated Bichette. Polanco was late breaking from first, so he didn't score, but the Mets would get a run anyway. After Semien struck out, and Mark Vientos walked to load the bases, catcher Jose Aular walked to push across a run.

Aular pinch-hit for Francisco Alvarez, who was supposed to catch the entire game but got pulled after just one at-bat in three innings.

-The Mets blew open the game in the fifth. Juan Soto and Bichette led off with back-to-back walks, and then Polanco dumped a single to load the bases. Robert fought back from down 0-2 to even the count and then doubled in two runs to give the Mets a 5-0 lead. Semien followed a Baty walk with a sac fly to drive in the team's third run of the inning. The threat of more was extinguished after Vientos grounded into an inning-ending 6-4-3 double play.

-Francisco Lindor, in just his third spring game, went hitless but played seven innings at shortstop without issue.

-Here's how the Mets' starters fared:

Lindor: 0-4, BB
Soto: 0-2, R, BB
Bichette: 2-2, 2 R, BB
Polanco: 1-2, 2 R, 2 BB
Robert Jr.: 2-4, 2 RBI, R
Baty: 1-3, RBI, BB
Semien: 0-1, 2 RBI, BB
Vientos: 0-3, BB
Alvarez: 0-1

-For the Mets bullpen on this day, Craig Kimbrel got some work in, hoping to crack the Opening Day roster. He struck out the two batters he faced (on just 12 pitches) in the sixth and came back out for the seventh. He struck out the leadoff hitter before allowing a triple -- a hit that right fielder AJ Salgado tried to make a diving catch on, but had it get past him. Kimbrel was pulled after the hit, and the next pitcher allowed a single and the future Hall of Fame closer's run to score.

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