A night of celebration for Jose Reyes ends bittersweet as Billy Wagner blows his 4th save of the year. Wagner was unable to close out the game with 2 outs and none on. Wagner could not seem to find his control, walking 2 and giving up 2 singles, one of them a slow roller that Wright picked up and didn't throw, that might have gone foul had he let it roll. The second single scored two runs and gave the Reds the lead in the top of the ninth and for the win. Wagner had not allowed a run in 12 straight appearances leading up to tonight (covering 13 1/3 innings.)

Reyes is batting .387 , a .452 OBP in June, 22 runs scored, 10 doubles , 2 homers, 7 RBIs,  and 10 stolen bases. He got the tough parts of the cycle out of the way early, starting it off with a HR in the first, his fourth lead off homer of his career. He doubled in the second, tripled in the fifth and grounded a single up the middle
in the ninth. The crowd gave him a standing ovation as he stood on first base, with a wide toothy grin on his face. Chants of Jose-Jose-Jose-Jose in the familiar fashion rained down and the ball was tossed back to the Mets dugout into Jose Valentin's care for Reyes' trophy case. Reyes is now batting .283, going 5-4 on the night.

Valentin had a big night himself, hitting a big home run to give the Mets the lead in the 7th. He went 3-3 and a walk, his average at .301 now.

David Wright went 3-5, and continues to hit behind in the count. Wright now has 41 two strike hits, best in the majors.

Randolph called it a classic giveaway game. Willie said they would come back and get them tomorrow, and was prepared to give the ball right back to Wagner.