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Jonah Tong allowed three home runs—the only three hits he allowed in his second major league outing—in a 6-3 loss to the Reds on Saturday. The Mets fell behind 2-0 early and managed to cut that deficit in half via a Brandon Nimmo sacrifice fly, but it was an underwhelming result of bases loaded, one out situation. The Mets then fell behind 4-1 and a Jared Young solo homer once again cut into the deficit to make it a manageable two runs. But the Reds added another two runs against a combination of Ryne Stanek (pitching for the second straight day) and Kevin Herget. The Mets threatened with the top of the order against Reds closer Emilio Pagan in the ninth, but only managed to claw back one run, as the Mets ultimately spent the entire game running to catch up, but unable to co

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