New York Mets at Cincinnati Reds

· Major League Baseball

New York Mets

76-66, 31-39 Away

Final
3 - 6

Cincinnati Reds

71-71, 39-34 Home

Sal Stewart's first major league homer powers Reds past Mets 6-3

New York Mets vs. Cincinnati Reds: Game Highlights

Matt McLain and Austin Hays also went deep for the Reds, who snapped a three-game losing streak. Even with the win, Cincinnati (71-71) is five games back for the final NL wild-card spot.

Jared Young homered for the Mets and Francisco Lindor added three hits.

Cincinnati's TJ Friedl had an RBI base hit with the bases loaded in the seventh inning to extend his on-base streak to a career-high 16 games.

Singer (13-9) went six innings and allowed one run on four hits.

With Spencer Steer on first base, Stewart drove a fastball from Mets starter Jonah Tong over the center-field wall to put the Reds up 2-0 in the second inning.

Stewart was called up from Triple-A on Monday when rosters were expanded. The 21-year-old infielder was playing his fourth game and got his first start at third base.

Tong (1-1) was making his second career start and allowed three hits and four runs, all on homers.

Bench coach Freddie Benavides managed the Reds after Terry Francona fell ill with a flu-like bug that has affected many on the team.

Key moment Elly De La Cruz drew a walk with the bases loaded with two out in the seventh inning. That brought in Jose Trevino and extended the Reds' lead to 6-2.

Key stat Singer has gone 5-1 with a 2.27 ERA in six starts since Aug. 1. The right-hander has 44 strikeouts, 13 walks and is holding opponents to a .207 batting average in that span.

Up next Mets RHP Brandon Sproat will make his big league debut. Reds RHP Hunter Greene (5-4, 2.70 ERA) makes his fifth start since coming off the injured list for the second time.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Alonso struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Nimmo struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Lindor scored on Pagán wild pitch, J. Soto to second on wild pitch by Pagán.
	9th Inning	J. Soto singled to center, Lindor to third.
	9th Inning	Lindor doubled to right.
	9th Inning	Mullins struck out swinging.

Statistics

NYM		CIN
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
12	Ground Balls	8
11	Strikeouts	7
2	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
9	Hits	6
2	Stolen Bases	0
5	Walks	6
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	6
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	28
1	Home Runs	3
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
13	Runners Left On Base	11
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
4	Doubles	0
11	Fly Balls	13
2	Caught Stealing	1
151	Pitches	134
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
16	Total Bases	15
40	Plate Appearances	34
162.0	Projected Home Runs	486.0
5	Extra Base Hits	3
6.1	Runs Created	4.8
.273	Batting Average	.214
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.485	Slugging Percentage	.536
.364	Secondary Average	.500
.375	On Base Percentage	.353
.860	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.889
1.1	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
6.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.4
32.0	Batter Rating	39.0
33.0	At Bats Per Home Run	9.3
0.50	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.78	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.94
.212	Isolated Power	.321
0.45	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.86
.125	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.176
.091	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.286
5.0	Runs Produced	12.0
0.7	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.7
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.2
82.0	MLB Rating	86.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0