Kevin Newman hit a two-run single in Cincinnati's four-run first inning, and the Reds beat the New York Mets 5-0 on Thursday.
Jonathan India, Jake Fraley and Tyler Stephenson each had two hits for the Reds (16-21), who took two out of three in the series.
The Mets (18-20) lost for the fourth time in five games. They have dropped five series in a row for the first time since 2012.
New York right-hander Kodai Senga (4-2) allowed five runs and eight hits in five innings. Francisco Álvarez had two of the Mets' six hits.
Ben Lively (1-0) pitched three innings of four-hit ball for his first win since his rookie season in 2017. Kevin Herget worked three innings for his first career save.
Spencer Steer homered for Cincinnati in the fifth.
TWINS 5, PADRES 3
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Carlos Correa hit a two-run double in the seventh inning, lifting Minnesota to the victory.
Kyle Farmer homered as Minnesota earned its second straight victory after a stretch of five losses in seven games. Emilio Pagán (3-0) got three outs for the win, and Jorge López pitched a perfect ninth for his third save.
Correa, who returned to Minnesota when he finalized a $200 million, six-year contract in January, was booed again by the home crowd after two strikeouts earlier in the game. But he capped the Twins’ three-run seventh when he pulled a ground ball down the left-field line against Brent Honeywell (2-2).
San Diego star Fernando Tatis Jr. homered on the first pitch of the game. Rougned Odor connected for his first homer of the season.
ROYALS 4, WHITE SOX 3
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Freddy Fermin lifted Kansas City to the win, following a leadoff walk by Nick Pratto and a single by Matt Duffy with a perfectly executed sacrifice bunt in the ninth inning.
The Royals nursed a 3-1 lead into the eighth, but the White Sox tied it with a two-out rally against Aroldis Chapman. Andrew Vaughn and pinch-hitter Carlos Pérez singled, and Luis Robert Jr. bounced a tying double off the chalk of the left-field line.
In the ninth, Pratto worked a walk off Reynaldo López (0-3) before Maikel Garcia struck out. Duffy followed with a single to right, and Fermin laid down a bunt just in front of the plate that allowed Pratto slide home without a tag at the plate.
Scott Barlow (1-2) pitched a perfect ninth for the win.
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