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BOSTON (AP) – Jarren Duran had a double and a triple as the Boston Red Sox tagged Mets ace Kodai Senga for three runs – the most he has given up all season – and beat New York 3-1 on Monday night.
Senga (4-3) fell behind 3-0 after two innings before settling down and retiring the last seven batters he faced. He allowed five hits and three walks while striking out five.
New York dropped out of first place in the NL East for the first time since April 9.
Red Sox starter Hunter Dobbins held the Mets to one run and five hits, allowing back-to-back singles before throwing a called third strike past Tyrone Taylor for the second out in the fifth. Justin Wilson (2-0) fanned Francisco Lindor to end the threat.
Aroldis Chapman pitched the ninth for his seventh save.
Duran led off the first with a double, went to third on a wild pitch and scored on Alex Bregman´s groundout. Trevor Story singled in another run to make it 2-0.
Boston Red Sox second baseman David Hamilton, left, tags out New York Mets’ Pete Alonso, center, who was trying to advance to second on his single during the first inning of a baseball game at Fenway Park, Monday, May 19, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Boston made it 3-0 in the second on Duran´s RBI triple, his sixth of the season.
The Mets´ only run came on Taylor´s RBI single in the third.
Pete Alonso hit a line drive high off the Green Monster and slid into second in the first inning for what was initially ruled a double. But the call was overturned after a video review for the third out. That made substitute Red Sox manager Ramon Vazquez, in charge because Alex Cora was attending his daughter´s graduation from Boston College, 1 for 1 on replay challenges.
Senga allowed more than two earned runs for the first time in 17 starts – a streak that surpassed Dwight Gooden’s previous franchise record of 15 straight starts from 1985-86. Senga’s run dated to August 2023. He pitched in only one regular-season game last year because of injuries.
Mets RHP Clay Holmes (5-2) starts the second game of the series Tuesday night. The Red Sox had not announced a scheduled starter yet but it was expected to be RHP Walker Buehler (4-1).
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New York Mets pitcher Kodai Senga delivers against the Boston Red Sox during the first inning of a baseball game at Fenway Park, Monday, May 19, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Boston Red Sox’s Alex Bregman, left, celebrates after his double in the third inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets at Fenway Park, Monday, May 19, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
New York Mets pitcher Kodai Senga, right, reacts as Boston Red Sox’s Jarren Duran, center, safely reaches first base on a throwing error in the fourth inning of a baseball game at Fenway Park, Monday, May 19, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Boston Red Sox outfielder Jarren Duran watches the flight of his drive during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets at Fenway Park, Monday, May 19, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
