Reds rally past Mets with five-run 8th inning

Spencer Steer hit a tiebreaking three-run homer to highlight a five-run eighth inning Saturday as the host Cincinnati Reds rallied for a 9-6 win over the New York Mets.The Reds rebounded after squandering a two-run lead earlier in the game.The Reds trailed 5-4 before the first seven batters reached in the eighth against Yohan Ramirez (0-1). Elly De La Cruz tied the game with a check-swing RBI single and stole second one pitch before Steer’s homer.Ramirez threw 41 pitches in the eighth, the most he’s thrown in a big-league outing.Christian Encarnacion-Strand culminated the scoring with a sacrifice fly later in the inning for the Reds, who avoided losing back-to-back games for the first time this season.De La Cruz (RBI groundout) and Jonathan India (bases-loaded walk) gave the Reds a 2-0 lead in the second inning. The Reds then gave up the next five runs before beginning their comeback. Stuart Fairchild had a pinch-hit RBI single in the sixth, when Steer stole home on the back end of a double steal.Steer and Fairchild had two hits apiece.

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