Cincinnati, OH -- (Sports Network) - Joey Votto went 2-for-4 with three runs batted in, highlighted by a two-run triple, as the Reds downed the New York Mets, 7-2, in the third game of a four-game set.

Josh Fogg (2-2) held the Mets to two runs -- one earned -- on eight hits in six innings, with one strikeout and one walk. Adam Dunn had an RBI single and scored twice for the Reds, who have cooled the Mets on back-to-back nights, and have won five of seven.

Oliver Perez (6-6) was touched for three runs -- two earned -- on six hits in six frames, with six strikeouts and three walks to take the loss for New York. Pedro Feliciano gave up four runs on three hits while recording just one out in the seventh, when the Reds pulled away.

David Wright went 3-for-4, homered, and scored twice for New York, which has dropped two straight in Cincinnati after winning 10 in a row.

The game was knotted at 2-2 through 5 1/2 innings, until David Ross came through with a clutch two-out hit in the sixth. Edwin Encarnacion walked and advanced to second on a wild pitch by Perez. Ross, who was 1-for-22 against Perez prior, then lifted a single to right, scoring the go-ahead run.

The Mets had a chance to move back on top in the seventh, but Reds reliever Mike Lincoln held the lead. Lincoln entered with runners at first and second and one out, and surrendered a single to pinch-hitter Argenis Reyes to load the bases. Lincoln rebounded, though, to strike out Wright and Carlos Beltran, both looking, to end the threat.

After blowing a chance to take the lead, the Mets watched the Reds blow the game wide open in the home half of the seventh.

Jeff Keppinger's liner into center was kicked by Beltran, resulting in a double and a run scoring on the error. Dunn's RBI single to right later in the frame gave Cincy a 5-2 lead, and then Votto's fly down the line in right fell just out of the reach of a diving Fernando Tatis, allowing two more runs to score. The triple was the first of Votto's career.

An error by Fogg allowed Wright to score from second after he doubled to left with two outs in the first, giving the Mets the early 1-0 lead. Ken Griffey's RBI double to center in the third scored Fogg from first to knot the game at 1-1.

Wright led off the fourth with his 19th homer of the season, a blast to left, to put the Mets back in front, 2-1. Votto answered with an RBI single in the home half, re-tying the game at 2-2.

Game Notes

Mets manager Jerry Manuel announced after the game that Pedro Martinez will not make his next scheduled start, on Tuesday against the Phillies. Manuel said he expects Martinez to pitch next weekend when New York hosts the Cardinals...Perez hit his first career double in the fifth...Prior to his RBI single in the seventh, Dunn's previous six hits were all homers...The Mets and Reds both collected 10 hits, and both left eight runners on base.