Mets stun Shota Imanaga 8-5 to stay in the NL playoff hunt as Cincinnati wins to preserve a one-game edge. A bizarre first-inning sequence—dead-ball ruling after a misplay—opened the scoring, then Francisco Lindor sparked a big night with a third-inning homer, followed by Brett Baty’s three-run shot in the fourth. Nolan McLean soldiered through five-plus, the bullpen slammed the door late, and New York heads to Miami with three games to decide everything.