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For a stretch last month, the teams ahead of the Mets in the National League wild-card race seemed to win every day.
Now, it’s manager Carlos Mendoza’s crew causing similar angst for those same teams.
These are the best of times for the Mets, who Friday night received yet another well-rounded performance to beat the Reds, 6-4, in 10 innings at Citi Field for a season-best eighth straight victory.
Mark Vientos’ second homer of the game, a two-run blast against lefty Justin Wilson, won it. The celebrating Mets tore off Vientos’ jersey as he crossed home plate.
The Mets received strong relief from Reed Garrett, Edwin Diaz and Jose Butto, who dominated over 3 ¹/₃ innings.
Diaz struck out the side in the ninth after three of the four batters that faced Garrett whiffed.
Sean Manaea allowed only three hits over 6 ²/₃ innings, but two were two-run homers and he departed with it tied, 4-4.
Overall, the left-hander surrendered four earned runs and struck out nine. It marked the first time since July 19 in Miami that Manaea allowed more than three earned runs.
Vientos smashed a two-run homer in the first inning that gave the Mets a 2-0 lead.
Francisco Lindor singled leading off for the Mets — extending his hitting streak to a career-best 16 games (he’s reached base in 34 in a row) — before Vientos’ line drive cleared the left-field fence.
Manaea surrendered a two-run blast to Elly De La Cruz in the fourth that tied it, 2-2.
Jonathan India walked leading off and Manaea threw two straight sinkers to De La Cruz, the second of which disappeared behind the fence in left-center. It was the fifth homer allowed by Manaea in his last four starts.
The Mets wasted an opportunity in the fifth: Jeff McNeil was plunked by a pitch while showing bunt and Francisco Alvarez drew a one-out walk before Lindor grounded into an inning-ending double play.
Manaea drilled India in the sixth before rebounding to get De La Cruz to hit into an inning-ending double play.
The Mets went ahead in the sixth on consecutive RBI singles by Jose Iglesias and J.D. Martinez that gave them a 4-2 lead.
Pete Alonso’s two-out double on a ball that dropped from Jake Fraley’s glove as he attempted to complete a sliding catch in right field started the rally.
Iglesias entered as a pinch-hitter for Jesse Winker, prompting Reds manager David Bell to remove lefty David Williamson and insert right-hander Buck Farmer.
Iglesias delivered an RBI single and Martinez (in his first game back since paternity leave) followed with another.
Manaea walked Spencer Steer in the seventh before surrendering his second two-run homer of the night. TJ Friedl went deep with two outs in the inning to tie it, 4-4, and end the left-hander’s night.
Reed Garrett replaced Manaea to get the final out in the seventh.
The Mets threatened in the bottom of the inning, but Alonso was retired after Brandon Nimmo and Vientos each singled with two outs in the inning.
McNeil departed the game with a left wrist contusion — Harrison Bader pinch-hit for him in the seventh inning — and will undergo further testing Saturday, according to the Mets.
