Thanks to a great start by Justin Verlander, the Mets beat the Reds by a 2-1 score this evening in Cincinnati. The win snapped a three-game losing skid and gave the Mets just their third win in their last eleven games.
Verlander went seven innings—a near-miracle for a Mets starting pitcher lately—and gave up just one run on two hits with seven strikeouts and two walks. Through two starts with the Mets, he now has a 2.25 ERA.
That lone run that Verlander allowed scored in the first inning, but neither he nor the Mets’ bullpen duo of Adam Ottavino and David Robertson allowed the Reds to score again.