Kodai Senga allowed one hit through seven dominant innings and Francisco Lindor homered to help the Mets beat the Phillies in the first meeting this season between the NL East rivals.
introduced Kodai Senga at a news conference last offseason, the pitcher said he was looking forward to facing the Philadelphia Phillies.
"Obviously, I was very excited and also amped up to face them," Senga said through a translator."But not only against the Phillies, but against the rest of the league I want to keep it up." "We chased," Phillies manager Rob Thomson said."We haven't seen him. ... When you see a guy the first time, even if it's a rookie, sometimes it's tough to deal with."
New York has won six in a row at home and Senga has a 1.20 ERA in five starts at Citi Field, where fans count his strikeouts by hanging ghost posters behind the left-center fence. Realmuto was initially ruled safe, but the call was overturned following a replay review that clearly showed an acrobatic tag by second baseman Jeff McNeil. It was the first caught stealing this season with Ottavino on the mound after 10 successful attempts by opponents.David Robertson gave up a one-out single in the ninth before getting Bryson Stott to ground into a game-ending double play for his ninth save in 10 chances.
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