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.NFL Jerseys . The 31-year-old Spain midfielder hasnt played since Madrid lost in the Copa del Rey final to Atletico Madrid in May due to back and foot injuries. Authentic Jerseys . -- The Portland Timbers and Real Salt Lake played to a 0-0 tie Saturday night that left the top of the Western Conference standings unchanged. https://www.cheapjerseysjustwholesale.com/ .J. Jefferson has been charged with assaulting his girlfriend. Adidas Jerseys . During the athletes parade, the 23-strong Ukrainian team was represented by a lone flagbearer in an apparent protest at the presence of Russian troops in Ukraines Crimean peninsula. Offcial Jerseys .Y. - Detroit goaltender Jonas Gustavsson has earned NHL first star of the week honours after winning in his first three appearances of the season.MEXICO CITY -- Carlota Ciganda birdied three of the last six holes Thursday for a 5-under 67 and a share of the lead with playing partner Sarah Jane Smith in the Citibanamex Lorena Ochoa Invitational.Ciganda had a bogey-free opening round at Club de Golf Mexico.I really like this course, Ciganda said. I really like it because is really similar to my home course in Spain.The former Arizona State player won last month in South Korea for her first LPGA Tour title.I was home last week and I played four tournaments in Asia, so it was really nice to be home with my family, Ciganda said. I didnt practice at all. It was just resting and having fun, going out for dinner with friends. And I feel very mentally refreshed, because in Asia I was a little bit tired at the end. It is important how to manage all the tournaments and all the weeks you want to play.Smith played the back nine in 5-under 31 after bogeying Nos. 8 and 9 to make the turn at even par. The Australian is winless on the LPGA Tour.It makes a difference when you see it, Smith said about playing alongside Ciganda. I love playing with her, she is so nice and we alwaays have fun, so it absolutely makes a difference.ddddddddddddMexican amateur Maria Fassi, a freshman at the University of Arkansas playing on a sponsor invite, was two strokes back at 69 along with South Koreas Chella Choi and Frances Karine Icher.I was feeling really good, Fassi said. I worked really hard on preparing for this tournament and on the first tee when they said my name I was nervous, I am not going to lie, but after I hit the fairway on the first tee, I was like, `OK you got it, just enjoy your round. And thats what I did. ... I was really solid off the tee. I gave myself a lot of opportunities to be a little bit more aggressive on my second shots.Michelle Wie opened with a 70. The 2009 winner in Guadalajara, shes also playing on a sponsor invite after failing to qualify for the 30-player event.Canadas Brooke Henderson, the highest-ranked player in the field at No. 7 in the world, had a double bogey in a 74. No. 14 Anna Nordqvist also struggled, making a double bogey in a 75. ' ' '