CINCINNATI -- The Reds will have to wait another season for a chance to beat the New York Mets.Jose Reyes homered on the first pitch of the game and the Reds wound up losing to the Mets for the 14th straight time, 6-3 Wednesday.The skid extends more than two years, back to Cincinnatis last win over the Mets on Sept. 6, 2014.We had some mistakes and missed opportunities, manager Bryan Price said. It was bad baseball.When youre this far under .500 (57-81), to have games like this regularly would make it a long season. This was not our typical game. I hope we dont have one of these for a while. I dont think we will, he said.Noah Syndergaard lasted five shaky shutout innings and the Mets won their fifth in a row.Reyes and Curtis Granderson each homered for the second straight day. Wilmer Flores added a pinch-hit, two-run drive.The Mets finished off a three-game sweep and have won eight of 10. They began the day one game behind St. Louis for the second NL wild-card slot.Syndergaard (13-8) gave up six hits and four walks. But the Reds went 0 for 3 in trying to steal against him -- opposing runners had been previously been 45 for 51 this season.Scott Schebler was thrown out standing up at second base on one try. Eugenio Suarez was picked off first, setting up Jose Peraza to be thrown out trying to steal home, and pitcher Anthony DeSclafani was slow to cover the plate on a wild pitch, allowing Reyes to score in the third inning.Schebler thought he heard the ball fouled off, Price said.Jeurys Familia closed for his 47th save, extending his franchise record.DeSclafani (8-3) took the loss as the Reds fell for the fourth straight time.Peraza doubled twice, singled twice and drove in two runs. Cincinnati trailed 5-0 in the eighth before scoring three times, two on Perazas double off Addison Reed that barely missed being a tying grand slam.Cincinnati went 0 for 6 with runners in scoring position against Syndergaard. He struck out seven and improved to 4-1 with a 1.38 ERA over his last five starts.Reyes sent a shot into the right-field seats for his sixth homer.I was trying to get ahead and Reyes was trying to hit one out and he did, DeSclafani said. Hes been swinging the bat well lately. They all have this whole series. They have a good lineup and theyre playing pretty good.COLD SPELLThe Reds are 7 for 31 with runners in scoring position during their four-game losing streak.TRAINERS ROOMMets: RF Jay Bruce got Wednesday off, as much a break from the strain of returning to his former home for the first time as anything else, manager Terry Collins said. I told him yesterday, `With all youve been through, why dont you catch your breath and get ready for Friday? Collins said.Reds: CF Billy Hamilton, who strained his left oblique on Sunday, wont travel with the team to Pittsburgh for the four-game series.UP NEXTReds: RHP Dan Straily (11-7) starts Thursday at Pittsburgh. He was able to overcome issuing a career-high seven walks in his last start, a 9-1 win over St. Louis. Cheapest Air Max 270 . - Levi Browns tenure at left tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers is over before it even began. Cheapest Stan Smith . Didier Drogba gave away the penalty that put Senegal one goal away from a major upset, but the veteran striker will get another chance -- probably his last -- at the World Cup after Salomon Kalous injury-time strike sealed the Ivorians place in Brazil next year. http://www.cheapestairmaxstore.com/fake-yeezy-boost-700-cheap.html .J. -- Josh Cribbs was in the Pro Bowl in February and out of a job six months later. Vapormax Store . -- Nathan Pancel scored twice as the Sudbury Wolves defeated the North Bay Battalion 4-2 on Saturday in Ontario Hockey League action. Cheapest Air Max Tn . McPhee said that Ovechkins father Mikhail is in stable condition after having the surgery this week and is no longer in intensive care. "Weve told him to stay as long as necessary with your dad," he said. Ovechkin and his Russian national team were eliminated from the mens hockey tournament in Sochi on Wednesday with a 3-1 quarter-final loss to Finland. NANCHANG, China -- Duan Yingying continued her surprise run at the Jiangxi Open when she upset second-seeded Kurumi Nara of Japan 6-1, 7-5 Friday in the quarterfinals.The 163rd-ranked Chinese beat eighth-seeded Han Xinyun in the second round.Duan plays Misa Eguchi in the semifinals after the Japanese defeated Liu Fangzhou 6-1, 6-2.Seventh-seeded Risa Ozaki of Japan ousted third-seeded FFrancesca Schiavone after rallying from a set down to beat the former French Open champion 5-7, 6-1, 6-2.ddddddddddddOzaki next plays Vania King after the sixth-seeded American dropped only four games in her 6-0, 6-4 victory against fifth-seeded Zhang Kailin. ' ' '