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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
In the 1st inning Jose Reyes led off the game with a base hit. He advanced to second on a wild pitch & then scored a typical Reyes run on a Carlos Beltran base hit. In the 2nd inning, Reyes singled for his second hit of the day.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.
In the top of the 4th inning, Jose Reyes got his third hit of the night, as he tripled to right field setting the Mets all time triple mark with #63. It was his 11th three bagger of the season, certainly a historic one. Reyes still holds the Mets record today which now stands at 99.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.
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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