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Mets’ winning streak snapped at nine games as Reds rally late; Braves tie them in wild-card standings

NEW YORK — The Mets’ winning streak is over.

Gone, too, is their sole possession of a National League playoff spot.

A Sunday afternoon of close calls ended with a 3-1 loss to the Cincinnati Reds at Citi Field, snapping the Mets’ nine-game winning streak and allowing the Braves to tie them for the third and final NL wild-card position.

Santiago Espinal’s two-run double against Mets reliever Phil Maton broke a 1-1 tie in the top of the ninth and proved to be the game-winner.

The clutch hit served as a dagger six innings after the Mets’ Brandon Nimmo crushed what he believed to be a two-run home run over the right-field foul pole.