Yu Darvish outdueled Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw Friday in a 5-2 San Diego Padres victory, thanks to two Fernando Tatis Jr. home runs.
Darvish (2-2) allowed a run on four hits and a walk over 6-2/3 innings while striking out six. The victory was the 190th of his career, with 93 in Japan's majors and 97 in MLB.
"My fastball had good life, while I had a good feel for my two-seamer, and it moved well for me," said Darvish, who declined to take all the credit for his victory total.
"I feel gratitude. I wouldn't have gotten to that figure on my own power."
A first-inning leadoff walk to Mookie Betts and a double set up the visitors' first run at San Diego's Petco Park, but Tatis tied it 1-1, leading off the Padres' third with his third home run.
Tatis made it 3-1 in the fifth with a two-run homer. According to MLB.com, it was the ninth time Kershaw (5-2) had allowed two home runs in a game to the same hitter, but it was the second time Tatis had accomplished the feat off the future Hall of Famer.
At New York's Citi Field, right-hander Kodai Senga worked six scoreless innings to earn his fourth MLB win in the New York Mets' 1-0 victory over the Colorado Rockies.
Senga (4-1), who joined the Mets this season from the SoftBank Hawks of Japan's Pacific League, allowed two hits while walking four and striking out four.
"I went to the mound absolutely wanting to win this one, and I think that was the best thing today," Senga said. "I had good velocity, but as usual, I walked a lot of batters, and I need to address that."
He outdueled Rockies right-hander Antonio Senzatela (0-1), who allowed the game's only run in the fourth inning on Brandon Nimmo's third home run.
In Philadelphia, Masataka Yoshida extended MLB's current longest hitting streak to 15 games with one single in four at-bats for the Boston Red Sox, who beat the Phillies 5-3.
The game marked Yoshida's first against a player he had long admired, Phillies star Bryce Harper, whose first home at-bat of the year was greeted with a standing ovation at Citizens Bank Park.
"I felt like I'd finally arrived," said Yoshida. "The cheers for Harper's comeback (from injury) were so amazing. I almost felt swallowed up in that atmosphere."
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