BOSTON — 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 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.
