Kevin Mitchell's sacrifice fly in the eighth off Brett Saberhagen plated  pitch runner Cesar Hernandez to give the Reds a 2-3 come-from-behind victory over  New York. Hernandez ran for pinch-hitter Cecil Espy, who got the inning started  with a solid single to right, moved to second on "Bob" Kelly's infield sneaker down the third-base line, and to third on Jeff Branson's well-placed bunt--a  rare show of excellent execution by the recently hapless Reds offense.  Cincinnati trailed 2-0 after starter Tim Pugh blinked in the fifth.  He had only  given up one hit in the first four innings, a fourth-inning lead-off double by Vince Coleman.  Coleman was left stranded at third by Bobby Bonilla after Joe Orselak popped to short.  Orselak was pinch-hitting for Eddie Murray who  argued plate umpire Kellogg's inside strike by "drawing the line" (really, he should know better than that).  Murray, and later manager Jeff Torborg ended up getting tossed.  The Mets' fifth started with a Howard Johnson's first-pitch homer.  Pugh must  have been slightly shaken, as he was popped on the next pitch by Jeff Kent's single, then a Ryan Thompson liner to left was (surprise) misplayed by Mitchell and turned into a RBI triple. Catcher Hundley's grounder to the drawn-in Branson failed to bring Thompson in, then the play of the game occured:  Saberhagen was due up, so Reds pitching coach Larry Rothschild met with the infield to discuss the possibility of a suicide squeeze.  They called it perfectly: Thompson was hung out to dry after Pugh's first-pitch pitch out and the threat ended. (Isn't the NATIONAL LEAGUE great??)  The Reds picked up 2 runs in the seventh to knot up the game.  After Barry Larkin's ground out, Mitchell, Chris Sabo, and Randy Milligan got back-to-back-to-back singles--the third scoring Mitchell.  Reggie Sanders then plated Sabo with a long fly to center.  A double by Oliver might have scored runner Dan Wilson, but third base coach Dave Bristol threw up the stop sign too late--Wilson himself was hung out to dry killing the Reds rally.  Rob Dibble came on in the ninth and pitched shakily.  With two outs and a runner on second Bonilla came to the plate and all I could think of was the Sunday game in late August last year when Bonilla's three-run dinger slapped a loss on Dibble and spelled the beginning of the end for Cinci's season.  Bonilla ended up walking, and HoJo flied out to left to give the Reds their first win in a  week, and earned Dibble his third save in as many opportunities.  The win went to Steve Foster (1-2) who got in what must be an ego-boosting two perfect innings work, striking out three.  Saberhagen (2-1) got the loss--though I'm a bit surprised he even pitched in the eighth.  I'll take it, though.  The Reds are now 3-9, still the worst team in baseball with the Royals victory today.  The Mets are 6-5.   The Line:  New York Mets  			AB	R	H		K	BB	LO -----------------------------------------------|---------------------------- Coleman lf		4	0	1		0	0	0 Fernandez ss		4	0	0		1	0	0	 Murray 1b		1	0	0		0	0	0   Orselak ph/rf		3	0	1		0	0	0 Bonilla rf/1b		3	0	0		2	1	1 Johnson 3b		3	1	1		1	0	2 Kent 2b			3	1	1		1	0	0 Thompson cf		3	0	1		1	0	0	 Hundley c		3	0	0		2	0	0 Saberhagen p		3	0	0		0	0	0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Totals			30	2	5		8	1	3  HR-Johnson (off Pugh, leading off fifth, 0-0 pitch)  3b-Thompson (off Pugh, in fifth, 0 out, 1 RBI, picked-off) 2b-Coleman (off Pugh, in fourth, 0 out, 0 on, stranded at third) RBI-Johnson, Thompson   Cincinnati Reds  			AB	R	H		K	BB	LO -----------------------------------------------|---------------------------- Kelly cf		4	0	1		0	0	0 Branson 2b		3	0	1		0	0	0 Larkin ss		3	0	0		0	1	0 Mitchell lf		3	1	1		0	0	0   Dibble p		0	0	0		0	0	0 Sabo 3b			4	1	1		1	0	2 Milligan 1b		3	0	3		0	0	0   Wilson pr/c		0	0	0		0	0	0 Sanders rf		2	0	0		0	0	1 Oliver c/1b		3	0	1		1	0	1  Pugh p			1	0	0		1	0	0   Roberts ph		1	0	0		1	0	0   Foster p		0	0	0		0	0	0   Espy ph 		1	0	1		0	0	0   Hernandez pr/lf	0	1	0		0	0	0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Totals			28	3	9		4	1	5 (*)  (*) Oliver was stranded in the seventh after his double when Wilson was run down.  2b Oliver (off Saberhagen, 2 out, runner on first, stranded) RBI-Milligan, Sanders, and Mitchell Sac-Branson SF-Sanders and Mitchell IBB-Larkin GDP-Larkin   New York	0  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  0    ---- 2-5-0 Cincinnati	0  0  0    0  0  0    2  1  x    ---- 3-9-0   Pitching  			IP	R	ER	H	K	BB NEW YORK Saberhagen (L 2-1)	8	3	3	9	4	1  CINCINNATI Pugh			6	2	2	4	4	0 Foster (W 1-2)		2	0	0	0	3	0 Dibble (S 3)		1	0	0	1	1	1   PB- Wilson Ejected-Murray, Torborg  Umps-Kellogg/Relliford/Runge/DeMuth  Attendance 32,435 T- 2:23   Coming up: The Reds travel to Pittsburgh for three then continue on into Chicago for three.  Next game is Tuesday at 7:35, expected to pitch are Belcher (0-1) vs. Tomlin (0-0).