San Diego Padres right fielder Hunter Renfroe (10) hits the ball for single during the game between the San Diego Padres and the Chicago Cubs on June 20, 2017 at Wrigley Field in Chicago, IL. (Photo by Quinn Harris/Icon Sportswire)

Two of Yoenis Cespedes home runs, including a “Little League home run,” helped propel the New York Mets over the San Diego Padres, 6-5, Tuesday night.

It the was the Mets sixth win in seven games against the Pads.

Cespedes started the night a big league home run against rookie Kyle Lloyd to lead the Mets 1-0 in the first inning. He complimented homer that with some help from Wil Myers in the seventh inning. Cespedes hit a pitch into the right-field corner, helping Curtis Granderson to score. Myers over threw third base allowing Cespedes to run the bases.

This was the Mets third “Little League home run”– a home run aided by errors — since the All-Star break.

After the scoring run, Cespedes was taken out of the game because of muscle fatigue.

Hunter Renfro again homers to the Western Metal Building on Tuesday night against a curveball by Mets starter Seth Lugo in the third inning to tie the game 1-1. It was the first time an opposing hitter hit a home run against Lugo’s curveball.

“I like hitting curveballs up in the zone,” Renfroe said. “You just kind of react to them, especially with two strikes against a guy with a pretty good spin rate out there.”

Three batters later, Allen Cordoba hit a two-run homer to lead the Padres over the Mets 3-1 — it was the last time the Padres would lead the game.

After the two homers, Lugo settled down for a total of six innings of four-run (three earned) ball.

“Overall, I think I had a pretty good bad day,” he said.

The Padres again tied the game in the fifth inning when Matt Szczur scored off a sacrifice fly by Myer.

Padres Dusty Coleman got his first major league hit, an RBI double against Addison Reed in the ninth to bring Cory Spangenberg home for a one-run game. Ultimately, Reed would get the save, his 12th straight saves and 18th in 20 chances.

“His first Major League hit, a double that helped us have a chance to win a baseball game — I think you get excited for those guys to experience those moments,” Padres manager Andy Green said.

The 30-year-old Coleman had spent nine seasons in the minors.

Jhoulys Chacin is expected to take the ball for the Padres in the third game of the series at 7:10 p.m. Wednesday at Petco Park.

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