NEW YORK (Interstat) — Chase Burns pitched 5 1/3 innings of four-hit ball and won his fourth consecutive start Tuesday night, leading the Cincinnati Reds to a 7-2 victory over the New York Mets at Citi Field. Cincinnati improved to 29-25, while New York dropped to 22-33, 11 games under .500. The Reds scored two runs in the first inning, three in the fourth, one in the sixth and one in the eighth. Eugenio Suarez doubled in two runs in the first, and Elly De La Cruz added a two-run double in the fourth. Tyler Stephenson drove in two runs with a single and a double. Sal Stewart’s RBI single in the eighth capped the scoring. The Mets’ only runs came on Juan Soto’s two-run homer in the sixth. Burns struck out eight to improve to 7-1, and David Peterson took the loss, falling to 3-5. Attendance was 36,848, and the game lasted 2 hours, 56 minutes. Cincinnati outhit New York 15-5.