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CINCINNATI — In 113 ⅔ thoroughly dominant minor league innings this season, Jonah Tong allowed a total of two home runs.

It took 13 plate appearances for the Reds to top that.

The promising 22-year-old’s encore was again intriguing but less effective than his victorious debut, getting touched up for three homers in a 6-3 loss at Great American Ball Park on Saturday.

The Mets (76-66) fell seven games behind the Phillies in the division on a night that began with the club four games ahead of the Giants in the chase for the final wild card. 3

In the first leg of a Tong-Brandon Sproat-Nolan McLean

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