Hunter Greene tied a season high with 12 strikeouts and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Mets 3-2 Sunday to take two of three from New York and move back above .500.
New York's Brandon Sproat (0-1) held the Reds hitless through 5 1/3 innings in his major league debut before allowing three consecutive hits, Noelvi Marte's single, Ely De La Cruz's tiebreaking RBI double and Austin Hays' run-scoring single.
Hays had a sacrifice fly in the fourth that scored Marte, who walked, stole second and advanced on a groundout.
Greene (6-4) allowed one hit in seven innings, a third-inning home run by Brett Baty on a slider.