New York Mets at Cincinnati Reds

· Major League Baseball

New York Mets

33-41, 15-23 Away

Final
9 - 1

Cincinnati Reds

35-38, 19-19 Home

Bichette has 3 hits, McLean strikes out 9 as Mets beat Reds 9-1 to avoid series sweep

Francisco Alvarez and Juan Soto also had three hits apiece. New York had 15 hits, which is tied for its second-highest output of the season.

Bichette has multiple hits in six straight games and went 8 for 14 in the three-game series. The third baseman is also batting .539 (14 for 26) over his last six games with two homers and eight RBI.

McLean (4-4) allowed one unearned run and three hits as he went seven innings for the third time in 15 starts.

It was Carlos Mendoza’s 205th victory as Mets’ manager. The third-year skipper passed Jerry Manuel and moved into ninth place on the franchise’s wins list.

JJ Bleday drove in Cincinnati's only run on a sacrifice fly with the bases loaded in the third inning to score Jose Trevino. The Reds went 3-3 on their six-game homestand.

Cincinnati went 4-2 against the Mets for the second straight season.

The Mets jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the fourth inning on two-out RBI base hits by Soto, Marcus Semien and Mark Vientos off Cincinnati starter Nick Lodolo (2-2). They broke it open with four in the fifth, including a two-run double by A.J. Ewing to make it 7-1.

Lodolo allowed seven runs and 11 hits in 4 2/3 innings. It is the fourth time in 83 big-league starts he has given up at least seven earned runs.

Up next Mets: LHP Sean Manaea (1-2, 4.78 ERA) goes on Thursday at Philadelphia.

Reds: RHP Rhett Lowder (3-3, 4.60 ERA) takes the mound in New York on Friday against the Yankees.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Arroyo grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	McLain walked.
	9th Inning	Trevino grounded out to pitcher.
	9th Inning	Marte doubled to right.
	9th Inning	Steer popped out to second.
	9th Inning	Warren relieved Raley

Statistics

NYM		CIN
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
20	Ground Balls	14
4	Strikeouts	9
9	Runs Batted In	1
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
15	Hits	5
0	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
9	Runs	1
2	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	1
39	At Bats	33
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
13	Runners Left On Base	14
1	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	4
17	Fly Balls	11
0	Caught Stealing	0
150	Pitches	132
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
19	Total Bases	9
44	Plate Appearances	37
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
3	Extra Base Hits	4
7.3	Runs Created	1.9
.385	Batting Average	.152
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.487	Slugging Percentage	.273
.179	Secondary Average	.182
.419	On Base Percentage	.216
.906	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.489
1.2	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.3
7.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.8
57.5	Batter Rating	17.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.41	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.57
.103	Isolated Power	.121
0.75	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.22
.068	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.054
-.205	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.030
18.0	Runs Produced	2.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.2
105.3	MLB Rating	66.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0