Sal Stewart celebrated his first major league home run and Brady Singer battled through six innings for the Cincinnati Reds as they ended a three-game losing streak by beating the visiting New York Mets 6-3 on Saturday.

Matt McLain and Austin Hays added solo homers as the Reds (71-71) try to stay in the National League wild-card race and chase down the Mets (76-77), who hold one of those three playoff spots. Those were also the only hits the home team got off Mets starter Jonah Tong (1-1) in the rookie right-hander's six innings.

New York leadoff batter Francisco Lindor went 3-for-4 with two doubles. He scored from third on an Emilio Pagan wild pitch in the ninth. Pagan overcame two hits and the run in the inning by striking out three to get the Reds back to .500.

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