NEW YORK -- Back at Citi Field, where they have enjoyed a lopsided percentage of their success this season, the recently reeling Mets breezed to a second straight victory behind Noah Syndergaard's best game as a big leaguer. Syndergaard fired a career-high eight innings of one-run ball on Friday, Curtis Granderson hit his fourth homer in 17 at-bats and Lucas Duda drew a go-ahead bases-loaded walk to lead the Mets to a 2-1 win over the Reds.
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PITTSBURGH -- Three Reds prospects -- left-handed pitcher Amir Garrett, and outfielders Kyle Waldrop and Yorman Rodriguez -- will represent the organization next month in its home ballpark after they were named to the SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game on Thursday.