Cincinnati Reds at New York Mets

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Cincinnati Reds

52-48, 24-26 Away

Final
2 - 3

New York Mets

56-44, 34-16 Home

Soto scores tiebreaking run in 8th as Mets prevent sweep by Reds

Juan Soto's sensational slide home beats the tag

Soto led off the inning by drawing a walk from Brent Suter (1-1) and went to third on Jeff McNeil’s one-out double. With the infield playing in, Tony Santillan got Torrens to hit a hard grounder to second baseman Matt McLain, but Soto got an excellent jump and scored with a headfirst slide as the one-hop throw arrived.

Ryne Stanek earned his second save with a scoreless ninth.

Edwin Díaz (5-0) blew a save opportunity for the second time this season when he plunked Spencer Steer with a pitch to force home the tying run in the eighth. Díaz then struck out Tyler Stephenson to leave the bases loaded.

Brandon Nimmo had an RBI single in the third and No. 9 hitter Luisangel Acuña gave the Mets a 2-1 lead with a run-scoring double in the fifth.

Elly De La Cruz hit an RBI single in the first for the Reds.

Mets left-hander David Peterson allowed an unearned run in six innings. Fellow All-Star Andrew Abbott gave up two runs in six innings for Cincinnati.

Key moment It was Torrens' first RBI in a Mets victory since he had two in an 8-1 win over Colorado on June 7.

Key stats The bottom four Mets batters went 4 for 13 with two RBI. … Reds center fielder TJ Friedl was plunked four times in the series and has been hit by a pitch six times in his last five games. He was hit by a pitch just five times in his first 91 games.

Up next The Mets continue a six-game homestand Monday night, when RHP Kodai Senga (7-3, 1.39 ERA) starts against Los Angeles Angels LHP Tyler Anderson (2-6, 4.34).

The Reds head to Washington, where RHP Brady Singer (7-7, 4.32 ERA) opposes Nationals RHP Jake Irvin (7-5, 4.58).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Friedl popped out to second.
	9th Inning	Lux grounded into fielder's choice to second, Fraley out at second.
	9th Inning	Fraley singled to left.
	9th Inning	Marte flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Stanek relieved Díaz
	8th Inning	Taylor struck out swinging.

Statistics

CIN		NYM
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
2	Hit By Pitch	0
0	Ground Balls	0
7	Strikeouts	7
2	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	2
7	Hits	7
1	Stolen Bases	1
3	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	3
2	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	30
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
13	Runners Left On Base	17
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	2
0	Fly Balls	0
1	Caught Stealing	0
156	Pitches	137
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
7	Total Bases	9
37	Plate Appearances	35
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
0	Extra Base Hits	2
1.9	Runs Created	3.2
.219	Batting Average	.233
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.219	Slugging Percentage	.300
.094	Secondary Average	.200
.324	On Base Percentage	.303
.543	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.603
0.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.0
1.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.5
16.0	Batter Rating	24.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.50	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.22	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.91
.000	Isolated Power	.067
0.43	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.43
.081	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.086
-.125	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.033
4.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
70.3	MLB Rating	75.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0