September 5th 2014 -- Mets 14, Reds 5

Friday night in Cincinnati, the Mets pounded out 18 hits and hit 5 home runs as they blew out the Reds 14-5.  The Mets jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first off Alfredo Simon and never looked back.  Leading 3-2 in the top of the 4^th Travis d’Arnaud help the Mets pull away with a three run homer off Simon, for d’Arnaud his 13^th on the year to make it 6-2. After a solo Homer by Wilmer Flores (3) in the 5^th, Curtis Granderson clubbed a three run homer in the 6^th, this 17^th to make it 10-2 Mets.  An RBI double by David Wright made it 11-2 in the 7^th.  In the 8^th Dilson Herrera hit his 2^nd major league home run. In the 9^th Lucas Duda clubbed his 27^th homer to dead center, a 2 run shot to cap the Met scoring.  Wright went 4 for 5 with 2 runs scored and the RBI. d’Arnaud went 3 for 4 with 4 RBI, Granderson went 2 for 6 with 4 RBI, Herrera went 3 for 5 and Flores went 2 for 6. Duda had the homer and 3 RBI as well. Bartolo Colon was the beneficiary of the run support going 7 innings allowing 7 hits 2 runs (both earned) he walked 1 and struck out 2. He gets the win improving to 13-11.  Simon took the loss falling to 13-10.  With the win the Mets win their 3^rd straight improving to 67-74 on the year and 34-39 on the road.  Saturday afternoon it’s game two of the series.  Dillon Gee (6-6  3.81) goes for the Mets,  Johnny Cueto (16-8  2.26) goes for Cincy.