The starters were the Mets Mike Pelfrey & the Reds Edinson Volquez. A good crowd of 31,195 came out for the matinee . The Mets were trying to salvage a game in the series & avoid being swept.
New York Mets | Cincinnati Reds | |||||
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1 | Jose Reyes | SS | 1 | Jay Bruce | CF | |
2 | Argenis Reyes | 2B | 2 | Jeff Keppinger | SS | |
3 | David Wright | 3B | 3 | Ken Griffey | RF | |
4 | Carlos Beltran | CF | 4 | Brandon Phillips | 2B | |
5 | Carlos Delgado | 1B | 5 | Adam Dunn | LF | |
6 | Marlon Anderson | LF | 6 | Edwin Encarnacion | 3B | |
7 | Ramon Castro | C | 7 | Joey Votto | 1B | |
8 | Endy Chavez | RF | 8 | Paul Bako | C | |
9 | Mike Pelfrey | P | 9 | Edinson Volquez | P |

The Reds, Adam Dunn hit a solo HR in the 2nd inning, but Ramon Castro answered with a two run shot in the 3rd putting New York up 3-1.

Two batters later Reyes scored on David Wright's sac fly making it 4-1. But Mike Pelfrey had a bad 4th inning topped off by Edwin Encarnacion's HR, tying the game. In the 6th Brandon Phillips connected off Pelfrey to put the Reds ahead, but in the top of the 7th Carlos Delgado drove in David Wright with a base hit to tie it.
The game went into extra innings, then in the top of the 10th, pinch hitter Robinson Cancel doubled to lead off. Jose Reyes then dragged a bunt for an infield hit. Then Argenis Reyes (an infielder who played 58 games for New York over two seasons) with no relation to Jose, reached on an error which led Cancel to score.
An eventual Carlos Delgado sac fly scored Jose Reyes & the Mets sealed their 7-5 win, as Billy Wagner saved it in the 10th inning
On the night Jose Reyes had four hits, scored three runs & kept his average over .300.
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