Christian Encarnacion-Strand hits a home run in the essential victory of the Reds, who are looking for a place in the playoffs in the National

NY- The baseball player of Puerto Rican descent Christian Encarnacion-Strand He hit a two-run homer and the Cincinnati Reds held on to beat the New York Mets 3-2 on Saturday, earning another important victory in the fight for the last place in the playoffs in the National League.

With two runners on board, Derek Law retired slugger Pete Alonso on a game-ending grounder.

The Reds came into the duel immersed in the fight between three teams for the third and final wild card. Miami, another involved, defeated Atlanta on the day, and Arizona, the third in contention, later clashed with the Chicago Cubs.

Cincinnati has an advantage in the tiebreaker, which is the direct duels in the season against Arizona. Against Miami, they have divided wins in all six games.

Encarnacion-Strand, who started at third base for the first time in the Greater, singled and stole second in the second inning. In the fourth, he hit a 428-foot home run to right-center field.

The victory went to Mexican Daniel Duarte, who got four outs as a reliever.

Tylor Megill (8-8) took the loss by allowing three runs — two earned. He struck out two in 5 2/3 innings.

For the Reds, Dominican Elly de la Cruz went 4-2.

For the Mets, Venezuelan Francisco Alvarez went 2-for-5 with an RBI. Puerto Rican Francisco Lindor 2-1. Dominican Ronny Mauricio went 2-for-4 with an RBI.