Walking into the Mets clubhouse Friday afternoon, you’d never know the team was in the midst of the worst losing streak of the season.

New York Mets starting pitcher Kodai Senga exited Thursday's game against the Washington Nationals in the bottom of the sixth inning after injuring himself while covering first base on a groundout.

The important step now for Senga and the Mets is to ace this recovery process, in a way they didn’t with either of Senga’s rehabilitations last year. In both instances, it appeared he and the Mets were not on the same page at times. Questions about Senga’s next steps or his ultimate timeline were met with shrugs more often than with other players.