India homers in 7th to help Reds beat Mets 5-3, keep pace in wild-card race

Jonathan India hit a tiebreaking homer in the seventh inning and the Cincinnati Reds beat the New York Mets 5-3 on Friday night, another important victory in the tight National League wild-card race. The Reds and Arizona Diamondbacks entered Friday two-thousandths of a percentage point behind the San Francisco Giants for the third wild card. Grant Hartwig (4-2) plunked Luke Maile leading off the seventh.