Kodai Senga struggled early, allowing a first-inning triple by Trea Turner and an RBI grounder by Kyle Schwarber that gave Philadelphia a 1-0 lead. Tyrone Taylor, newly installed in center, could not reach Turner's sinking liner. In the third, Alec Bohm's two-run single and Brandon Marsh's double threatened to extend the lead, but Bohm was held at third by third-base coach Dusty Wathan and was stranded after a Max Kepler flyout. Juan Soto misplayed the Marsh double. The Mets rallied from a 0-3 deficit to tie, take the lead, and ultimately overpower the Phillies, negating Cristopher Sanchez's early success.
Some nights, you just know. On Monday night, I just knew the Mets were headed to defeat as they fell behind almost immediately, which is to say some nights, you just think you know. I thought and knew it didn't look good as Kodai Senga endured his customary first-inning struggles, and not even the redoubtable glove of Tyrone Taylor, installed in center a day after it might have done the most good, could catch up to Trea Turner's sinking liner that became a triple.
Did I have any idea who the third base coach of the Philadelphia Phillies was before his hand went up? Absolutely not, because as we established a few weeks ago, you don't notice most coaches, not even your own, until they do something that results in an out or a missed opportunity. It was only the third inning, but Wathan and the Phillies had just done Kodai a massive favor.
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