Senga stellar in Mets' win against Phillies
Kodai Senga allowed one hit through seven dominant innings and Francisco Lindor homered to help the New York Mets beat the visiting Philadelphia Phillies 2-0 on Tuesday night in the first meeting this season between the NL East rivals.
Eduardo Escobar added an RBI single and Mets center fielder Brandon Nimmo robbed Nick Castellanos of a potential home run with a leaping catch at the fence.
Senga (5-3) struck out nine and permitted one baserunner — a soft single by Kody Clemens that fell in front of left fielder Tommy Pham in the third.
The rookie right-hander from Japan set a career high for innings in his 10th major league start.
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.
Philadelphia got 6 2/3 encouraging innings from left-hander Ranger Suárez (0-2), who entered with a 9.82 ERA.
RANGERS 10, TIGERS 6 >> Jonah Heim drove in four runs, Josh Jung homered and Texas won at Detroit to improve to 35-19, the best record in franchise history at the one-third mark.
Rangers second baseman Marcus Semien extended his hitting streak to a career-best 19 games with a fifth-inning single. Reliever Grant Anderson won in his big league debut, striking out seven of the nine batters he faced.
Jung also scored three runs, and Aroldis Garcia had four hits and three runs.
Miguel Cabrera had three hits and drove in two runs for the Tigers.
BLUE JAYS 7, BREWERS 2 >> Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Alejandro Kirk each had three hits, Whit Merrifield reached twice and drove in two runs and host Toronto defeated Milwaukee.
Brandon Belt and Cavan Biggio each reached base three times and drove in a run as the Blue Jays snapped a four-game home losing streak. CARDINALS 2, ROYALS 1 >> Miles Mikolas pitched eight shutout innings, Nolan Arenado hit an RBI double and Nolan Gorman drove in a run with a sacrifice fly as St. Louis defeated visiting Kansas City.
ORIOLES 8, GUARDIANS 5 >> Anthony Santander hit a bases-clearing triple during Baltimore's five-run second inning, then added a pair of doubles in a home victory over Cleveland
Kyle Gibson (7-3) won his third straight start, allowing three runs and seven hits in 5 2/3 innings.