Mets acquire Senga
Japanese pitcher Kodai Senga and the New York Mets have agreed to a $75 million, five-year contract, according to a person familiar with the negotiations.
The person spoke to the Associated Press early Sunday on condition of anonymity because the deal was pending a physical.
Senga figures to slot into the middle of a revamped rotation headed by three-time Cy Young Award winners Max Scherzer and Justin Verlander.
Hours earlier, the Mets completed a $162 million, eight-year contract Saturday to bring back free agent center fielder Brandon Nimmo.
Within the last week, the Mets have committed $359.7 million to five free agents, including Senga.
College basketball: Zakai Zeigler scored 12 points, including a key 3 late in the second half, as the No. 7 Tennessee men held off No. 13 Maryland 56-53 in a Basketball Hall of Fame Invitational matchup in New York. The Volunteers (9-1) led by as many as 18 points in the first half before the Terrapins (8-2) pulled within two points in the final minutes . ... Aljaz Kunc scored 21 points and men’s No. 20 Iowa State broke away in the second half to beat McNeese State 77-40 at home.
• In women’s highlights, Tess Heal scored 26 points and the Santa Clara women won 65-56 at Nevada. It was the sixth win in seven games for the Broncos (8-4) . ... Abby Meyers scored 18 of her 20 points in the first half, and Diamond Miller made a huge 3-pointer in the final minute to help host No. 20 Maryland hold off No. 6 Connecticut 85-78 . ... Zia Cooke scored a seasonhigh 20 points as No. 1 South Carolina beat visiting Liberty 88-39
Golf: Sahith Theegala made a 15-foot birdie putt on the final hole in Naples, Fla., as he and Tom Hoge closed with a 10-under 62 in four-balls and became the first rookie team to win the QBE Shootout in 11 years. Ryan Palmer and Charley Hoffman each missed birdie putts from about 12 feet at Tiburon Golf Club that would have forced a playoff.
NHL: Mikko Rantanen scored in the final seconds of regulation and the first minute of overtime to complete his fifth career hat trick and give Colorado a 3-2 win over host St. Louis . ... Andre Burakovsky scored the go-ahead goal midway through the second period and visiting Seattle beat Florida 5-2 . ... Johnny Gaudreau scored 40 seconds into overtime to push host Columbus past Los Angeles 6-5 . ... Clayton Keller scored at 4:37 of overtime and Arizona beat visiting Philadelphia 5-4 . ... Alexander Ovechkin scored his 17th goal of the season in Washington’s 5-2 road win over Winnipeg.
Skiing: Switzerland’s Wendy Holdener improved on her second position after the opening run to triumph in Sestriere, Italy, finishing 0.47 seconds ahead of Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States and 0.70 ahead of first-run leader Petra Vlhová, who is still looking for her first win of the season.
• A flawless second run helped Lucas Braathen win the first World Cup slalom of the season in Val d’Isère, France, for the third victory of his career.
For Chronicle theater critic Lily Janiak’s review of Dimitris Papaioannou’s “Transverse Orientation,” which began a two-night run at Stanford Live’s Memorial Auditorium on Friday, go to datebook.sfchronicle.com.