<p>Kodai Senga&#39;s brutal short start sends Mets to NLCS Game 1 loss to Dodgers,Newsday&#39;s Mets beat writer&nbsp;Tim Healey reports.</p>


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Kodai Senga's brutal short start sends Mets to NLCS Game 1 loss to Dodgers

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