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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
NY Mets 5, Cincinnati 4
When: 7:10 PM ET, Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Where: Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, Ohio
Temperature: 76°
Umpires: Home - Tim Welke, 1B - Sam Holbrook, 2B - Bill Welke, 3B - Mike DiMuro
Attendance: 13813

Rod Barajas hit a two-out homer in the top of the ninth inning, lifting the New York Mets to a 5-4 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday to snap a three-game losing streak.

Reds closer Francisco Cordero (1-2) retired the first two batters of the inning before Barajas untied things. It was the fourth homer for the catcher in the last five games.

Cincinnati had evened things at 4-4 in the eighth inning when Joey Votto and Scott Rolen connected for back-to-back solo home runs off reliever Fernando Nieve.

Barajas’ homer made a winner out of reliever Pedro Feliciano (1-0), who retired one batter to break into the win column.

Francisco Rodriguez pitched a perfect ninth inning for his fourth save.

David Wright homered and Jose Reyes had a pair of hits and drove in a run for the Mets.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
NY Mets   Cincinnati
John Maine Player Bronson Arroyo
No Decision W/L No Decision
6.0 IP 7.0
6 Strikeouts 3
4 Hits 7
1.50 ERA 5.14
Hitting
NY Mets   Cincinnati
Jose Reyes Player Brandon Phillips
2 Hits 2
1 RBI 1
0 HR 1
3 TB 6
.500 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
NY Mets 8 2 15 .242 10 7 5 2 0 1
Cincinnati 6 3 16 .182 9 6 3 2 0 0