New York Mets at Cincinnati Reds

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New York Mets

76-65, 31-38 Away

Final
5 - 4

Cincinnati Reds

70-71, 38-34 Home

Díaz escapes in 9th inning as Mets hang on to beat Reds 5-4

New York Mets vs. Cincinnati Reds: Game Highlights

Cincinnati (70-71) fell six games behind the Mets for the last National League wild card with 21 remaining. New York leads San Francisco by four games for the final playoff spot.

Vientos drove in two runs and scored two more to help the Mets win for the seventh time in 11 games. Francisco Lindor drew three walks in the leadoff spot and also scored twice.

Díaz entered in the ninth and allowed a single to Ke'Bryan Hayes before walking the next two batters to load the bases with nobody out. But the All-Star closer struck out Noelvi Marte and Elly De La Cruz, then got Gavin Lux to ground out to second for his 26th save.

In the middle of it all, Díaz called to the dugout for a new pair of spikes and changed shoes right there on the field.

Cincinnati has lost 11 of 14.

The Mets scored all their runs in the first four innings off starter Andrew Abbott (8-6). Consecutive doubles by Lindor and Juan Soto made it 5-1 in the fourth.

Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson, just off the injured list, slammed a two-run double in the bottom half and raced home on Hayes’ sacrifice fly to cut it to 5-4.

David Peterson (9-5) allowed four runs and seven hits through 5 1/3 innings. New York's bullpen shut out the Reds the rest of the way.

Key moment Vientos led off the third with his 16th homer to give the Mets a 4-0 lead. He also knocked in a run with an infield single in a three-run first.

Key stat Cincinnati went 1 for 7 with runners in scoring position. Matt McLain struck out with the bases loaded to end the sixth.

Up next Prized prospect Jonah Tong (1-0, 1.80 ERA) makes his second major league start Saturday night for the Mets against Reds right-hander Brady Singer (12-9, 4.08).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Lux grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	De La Cruz struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Marte struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Friedl walked, McLain to second, Hayes to third.
	9th Inning	McLain walked, Hayes to second.
	9th Inning	Hayes singled to center.

Statistics

NYM		CIN
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
11	Ground Balls	15
8	Strikeouts	11
5	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
10	Hits	9
2	Stolen Bases	0
4	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	4
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	2
35	At Bats	34
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
16	Runners Left On Base	20
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	2
17	Fly Balls	10
0	Caught Stealing	0
168	Pitches	158
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
15	Total Bases	11
41	Plate Appearances	40
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
3	Extra Base Hits	2
6.0	Runs Created	4.2
.286	Batting Average	.265
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.500
.429	Slugging Percentage	.324
.314	Secondary Average	.176
.366	On Base Percentage	.325
.794	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.649
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.5
6.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.2
39.0	Batter Rating	29.0
35.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.10	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.95
.143	Isolated Power	.059
0.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.36
.098	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.100
.029	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.088
10.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
87.8	MLB Rating	79.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0