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- Hays hits 2 homers and Reds go deep 4 times to back Lodolo in 8-4 win over Mets</p>
<p>CHARLES O'BRIEN July 18, 2025 at 10:32 PM</p>
<p>1 / 5Reds Mets BaseballCincinnati Reds' Austin Hays hits a home run during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets Friday, July 18, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)</p>
<p>NEW YORK (AP) — Austin Hays hit two of Cincinnati's four home runs and Nick Lodolo threw seven strong innings as the Reds beat the New York Mets 8-4 on Friday night.</p>
<p>Matt McLain and Tyler Stephenson each launched a two-run shot for the Reds, who have won five of six. It was the third time this season they went deep four times in a game.</p>
<p>After allowing Juan Soto's first-inning homer and an RBI single by Jeff McNeil in the second, Lodolo (7-6) retired 16 of the next 18 hitters — including 10 in a row during one stretch. He finished with seven strikeouts and matched his longest start of the year.</p>
<p>Soto's solo drive gave the Mets an early lead in Sean Manaea's first start this season. Re-signed to a three-year contract in the offseason, the left-hander missed the first 95 games due to an oblique strain and a bone chip in his pitching elbow. He returned with an extended relief appearance Sunday at Kansas City.</p>
<p>Manaea gave up Hays' first homer but struck out six over four innings of one-hit ball. He was pulled after 69 pitches, and Cincinnati scored seven runs off a depleted Mets bullpen.</p>
<p>Rookie right-hander Alex Carrillo (0-1) was hit hard, allowing five runs and three homers in 1 1/3 innings.</p>
<p>New York scored twice in the ninth before Emilio Pagán induced a bases-loaded popup from Francisco Lindor to end it.</p>
<p>Key moments</p>
<p>Hays led off the sixth with his second home run of the night. Spencer Steer walked and, two batters later, Stephenson drove a belt-high fastball into the left-center stands to give the Reds a 6-2 lead.</p>
<p>Key stats</p>
<p>Lodolo threw 97 pitches and failed to reach 100 for the 24th straight start, despite ranking among the top 10 in the National League in innings pitched. … Cincinnati outfielder TJ Friedl was hit by three pitches from three different pitchers, tying a major league record.</p>
<p>Up next</p>
<p>New York RHP Clay Holmes (8-4, 3.31 ERA) opposes RHP Nick Martinez (7-9, 4.78) in the second game of the series Saturday. In a pregame ceremony, the Mets will retire David Wright's No. 5 jersey.</p>
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