CINCINNATI (AP) — Sal Stewart hit his first major league home run, Brady Singer extended his winning streak to four and the Cincinnati Reds defeated the New York Mets 6-3 on Saturday night.

Matt McLain and Austin Hays also went deep for the Reds, who snapped a three-game losing streak. Even with the win, Cincinnati (71-71) is five games back for the final NL wild-card spot.

Jared Young homered for the Mets and Francisco Lindor added three hits.

Cincinnati's TJ Friedl had an RBI base hit with the bases loaded in the seventh inning to extend his on-base streak to a career-high 16 games.

Singer (13-9) went six innings and allowed one run on four hits.

With Spencer Steer on first base, Stewart drove a fastball from Mets starter Jonah Tong over the center-field wall to put the Reds up 2-0

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