Phillies

Mets TV Broadcast Hyped Up Kodai Senga Right Before He Gave Up a Schwarbomb

By Nick Piccone

Published: Jun 29th, 2026 · 1:16 PM EDT

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The Mets TV broadcast has spent the last several years being lauded for its relatively no-nonsense, unbiased commentary. Gary Cohen, Ron Darling, and Keith Hernandez routinely give other teams their flowers because, well, they have to broadcast Mets games. And Sunday afternoon was no different, as Kyle Schwarber came up to bat in the seventh inning and ultimately turned the game around.

Before that, though, the Mets TV crew was discussing how pitcher Kodai Senga looked pretty good during his first relief appearance of his career after entering the game in the fifth inning. He’d gotten out of a pickle in the sixth inning with two runners on second and third base with no outs. And he was two outs away from getting out of another one — as long as he could limit any damage from Schwarber and Bryce Harper.

But —

How Kyle Schwarber's go-ahead two-run dinger in the 7th inning sounded on Mets TV pic.twitter.com/KScRQUVQDo

— Nick Piccone (@_piccone) June 28, 2026

“If he can get these two guys out, this could be a watershed moment for Mr. Senga.”

“Yeah, you feel it too, right?”

“Yeah.”

“Really could.”

“Andy Green said it today, ‘He could be a huge piece for us going forward.’ Already got one feather in his cap in the last inning working out of a jam.”

*Schwarbomb*

“That’s deflating.”

“That’s his 30th home run, right? I mean, he’s just good. Don’t know what to say.”

The Phillies made the series win at Citi Field seem a bit harder than it needed to be, but… it was a series win at Citi Field. I don’t think any of us should care how it looked, even if it was against a bad Mets team. And it’s always fun when announcer jinxes work in your favor.

Onto the Pirates!