Long balls carried the Mets to a 7-6 win over the Reds in the first game of their three-game series. P.J. Conlon, the first Irishman to make his debut in Major League Baseball since 1945, fared only slightly better than Homer Bailey, as both teams pounded extra-base hits left and right. The Mets’ bats prevailed in the end, however, led by two home runs from Adrian Gonzalez.
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Homer Bailey lived up to his name from the get-go, as Michael Conforto tucked the second pitch of the game inside the left field foul pole to snap an 0-for-13 skid.