Cincinnati Reds at New York Mets

· Major League Baseball

Cincinnati Reds

28-25, 14-13 Away

Final
7 - 2

New York Mets

22-32, 11-14 Home

Lodolo gets first win this season as Reds extend Mets' skid to 4 with 7-2 victory

Mets star Juan Soto missed his second straight game because of illness and fellow outfielder Tyrone Taylor left with right hip pain after grounding out in the sixth inning. Taylor will undergo an MRI and is probably headed to the injured list, manager Carlos Mendoza said.

The lineup already was without injured regulars Francisco Lindor, Francisco Alvarez, Luis Robert Jr. and Jorge Polanco.

New York has scored four runs and struck out 41 times during its latest skid, dropping to 22-32 at the one-third mark — one shy of its season low of 11 games under .500 at 10-21. A big league-best 45-24 at the start of play on June 13 last year, the Mets are 60-87 since.

Spencer Steer had three RBI for Cincinnati, which beat out the Mets for a playoff spot on the last day of the 2025 season. The Reds started this year 20-11 but are just 8-14 since.

Lodolo (1-1) allowed one run and six hits with seven strikeouts and no walks, lowering his ERA from 7.20 to 5.57. He was sidelined from spring training until May 8 by a blister on his left index finger.

McLean (2-4) was charged with seven runs, five hits, two walks, two hit batters and one wild pitch in 3 1/3 innings, the shortest of his 19 big league starts. He has given up 13 earned runs in his last two outings, raising his ERA from 2.92 to 4.40.

Cincinnati went ahead 2-0 in the second when Steer drove in a run with forceout and McLean bounced a run-scoring wild pitch.

Bleday homered in the third and McLean gave up Steer's two-run single and Stephenson's two-run homer as the Reds took a 7-0 lead in the fourth.

Marcus Semien, hitting cleanup for the first time this year, homered leading off the sixth for the Mets.

Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz had his 11th four-strikeout game, his first this year.

Up next Reds RHP Chase Burns (6-1, 1.83 ERA) starts Tuesday night against Mets LHP David Peterson (3-4, 5.03).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Benge grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Torrens struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Tyler Stephenson challenged (pitch result), call on the field was overturned: Brett Baty called out on strikes.
	9th Inning	Ashcraft relieved Moll
	9th Inning	Bleday struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	De La Cruz struck out looking.

Statistics

CIN		NYM
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
2	Hit By Pitch	2
11	Ground Balls	16
15	Strikeouts	12
6	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
6	Hits	9
0	Stolen Bases	0
4	Walks	0
0	Catcher Interference	0
7	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	34
2	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
13	Runners Left On Base	13
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	1
7	Fly Balls	7
0	Caught Stealing	1
174	Pitches	152
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
14	Total Bases	13
39	Plate Appearances	37
324.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
4	Extra Base Hits	2
4.6	Runs Created	3.7
.182	Batting Average	.265
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.424	Slugging Percentage	.382
.364	Secondary Average	.088
.308	On Base Percentage	.306
.732	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.688
1.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	2.3
4.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.7
42.0	Batter Rating	22.0
16.5	At Bats Per Home Run	34.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.46	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.11
.242	Isolated Power	.118
0.27	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.00
.103	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.000
.182	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.176
13.0	Runs Produced	4.0
0.9	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
83.0	MLB Rating	76.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0