CINCINNATI -- A lack of home runs has been an issue for the Reds for much of this season. But rookie Sal Stewart ’s first career homer highlighted a rare show of power on Saturday night, as the Reds homered three times in a 6-3 win over the Mets at Great American Ball Park.

Matt McLain and Austin Hays also went deep on Saturday. The three homers are more than the Reds hit in the previous four games, when they were outhomered 12-2.

“Matt going the other way, that was vintage,” Reds bench coach Freddie Benavides said. “Sally, that was special. Fastball up in the zone. Hays too.”

Benavides served as acting manager after manager Terry Francona went home sick with the same virus that continues to spread through the Reds’ clubhouse and caused Nick Lodolo to miss a start earlier in the wee

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