CINCINNATI — Hunter Greene tied a season high with 12 strikeouts and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Mets 3-2 Sunday to take two of three from New York and move back above .500.

New York's Brandon Sproat (0-1) held the Reds hitless through 5 1/3 innings in his major league debut before allowing three consecutive hits, Noelvi Marte's single, Ely De La Cruz's tiebreaking RBI double and Austin Hays' run-scoring single.

Hays had a sacrifice fly in the fourth that scored Marte, who walked, stole second and advanced on a groundout.

Greene (6-4) allowed one hit in seven innings, a third-inning home run by Brett Baty on a slider. He threw 30 pitches of 100 mph or higher and increased his season total to 346, most among starting pitchers.

Juan Soto hit his 38th homer, a ninth-inning drive off Tony

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