CINCINNATI -- The Mets' struggles have descended beyond mere hitting slumps and pitching slumps or even wins and losses. A sliver of the absurd played into their undoing Wednesday, when the Mets batted out of order en route to a 2-1, 10th-inning loss to the Reds at Great American Ball Park.
The Reds won back-to-back games for just the second time this season, while the Mets, who have dropped eight of nine, have not won two in a row since their nine-game winning streak ended April 14.
Facing reliever AJ Ramos in the 10th, Reds outfielder Adam Duvall cracked a leadoff homer over the left-field wall to give the Reds a walk-off victory.