Wright wins battle with flu, then beats Reds

David Wright is unconscious right now. Or sick. Or whatever else the kids call it when a guy is playing all-world.

Only thing: Wright really was sick Thursday. He caught the flu bug that has been going around the Mets and was a possible scratch for the team's matinee against the Reds at Citi Field.

But when you are hitting over .400 it's probably going to take more than the flu to get you out of the lineup. So Wright played and (of course) had the go-ahead hit in a come-from-behind, 9-4 victory as the Mets split their two-game series with the Reds before heading to Toronto for interleague play tonight.

Wright broke a 4-4 tie in the Mets' five-run eighth inning with a run-scoring double. Wright (2-for-2, two doubles, three walks) heard chants of "M-V-P, M-V-P" after the booming drive to center off Logan Ondrusek, one of two Reds relievers who had been unscored upon before yesterday.

The Mets followed with four more runs on an RBI single by Justin Turner and three-run home run by Ronny Cedeno, his first as a Met.

It was the Mets' 12th comeback win of the season and left Wright's teammates and manager marveling about what he has been doing this season. Wright is batting .411 with a .513 on-base percentage.

"I've never seen anything like it," manager Terry Collins said. "It's unbelievable. You just look up and he's on base. They're pitching around him and you see why."

Here's why: Wright leads the Mets in batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage (.621), doubles (12), RBIs (22), walks (27) and steals (4). He's one behind Ike Davis' five for the lead in home runs. He's tied for the team lead in triples with one. He also leads the team in deflecting credit for his torrid start.

"I don't know," Wright said. "When [Lucas] Duda and [Daniel] Murphy are swinging the bats the way they are, I've seen a lot of better pitches to hit. Makes my job a lot easier."

Duda did have two hits yesterday, including a two-run double, and Murphy is hitting .331 after a 2-for-4 afternoon. But what Wright has done is beyond what many could have hoped for after his injury-plagued 2011.

"You always try to go out there and get hits," Wright said. "Whether you're having personally a good year or bad year, you try to go out there and help the team win that day and get the hits. You take great pride in going out there and playing good baseball. I'm not different. I take a lot of pride in going out there and doing what I think I'm capable of doing."

Joey Votto homered in the fourth and the Reds added three more runs in the fifth as the Mets trailed 4-0. They tied it with two in the fifth and single runs in the sixth and seventh.

Jon Rauch and Bobby Parnell (1-0) each pitched a scoreless inning in relief of R.A. Dickey as the Mets' maligned bullpen kept the Reds at four runs before Wright's go-ahead hit.

Dickey went six innings and allowed four runs (three earned) with one walk and eight strikeouts. Frank Francisco pitched a scoreless ninth in a non-save situation.

In the fifth, Duda -- who struck out in his first two at-bats -- smacked a two-run double over the head of rightfielder Jay Bruce to make it 4-2.

Pinch hitter Mike Baxter hit a sacrifice fly in the sixth to bring the Mets to within a run.

In the seventh, the Mets tied the game on pinch hitter Turner's sacrifice fly off Aroldis Chapman. It was the first run scored against the Cuban lefthander this season in his 16th appearance.

Wright's go-ahead double came off Ondrusek (0-1), who also came in with a perfect ERA in his 17 outings.