Oliver Perez gave up a second-inning single to the Cincinnati Reds’ Jeff Keppinger Sunday to bump the NoNoHitters count to 7,355 games without a New York Mets no hitter.

Perez didn’t give up another hit until the sixth inning, when he allowed the Reds’ only three earned runs of the game. The Mets won 8-3, and Perez - who threw eight strikeouts - earned his third victory of the year.

The Mets had 14 hits on the day, including back-to-back homers by Carlos Beltran and Ryan Church in the fifth.

We also got to see an odd spectacle typically reserved for Little League games. David Ross lined out in the ninth, but he did so in Corey Patterson’s No. 8 position in the lineup. So after some umpire get-togethers, Patterson was ruled out and Ross got a second at-bat (and a single).

Today’s day-night doubleheader didn’t even hint that we might witness the first no hitter in New York Mets history.

Mike Pelfrey gave up a leadoff double to the Cincinnati Reds’ Ryan Freel in the night game to bump the NoNoHitters.com to 7,354 games without a New York Mets no hitter. Earlier Saturday, Corey Patterson’s leadoff bunt single off Johan Santana made it 7,353.

Freel’s double marked the 888th time a Mets pitcher has yielded an opening hit, and the 141st potential no hitter broken up by a double. And it makes us update our No hitters killed by first at bat page for the second time today! This is getting exhausting!

Pelfrey took the loss but had a pretty good outing, giving up two runs and eight hits over six innings. He walked just one.

The Mets lost 7-1, but most of the game was a lot closer than the score indicates. Duaner Sanchez gave up two earned runs and allowed four hits in the eighth, and a pair of errors by David Wright and Carlos Delgado led Billy Wagner to give up three unearned runs in the ninth.

Wagner managed to keep his ERA at 0.00, but he wasn’t his usual self. He gave up two hits and walked one before being pulled for Jorge Sosa.

Corey Patterson lead off the game with a bunt single off Johan Santana Saturday afternoon to bump our NoNoHitters.com count to 7,353 games without a no hitter.

It’s the 887th time a Mets pitcher has yielded an opening hit, so we’ve again updated our No hitters killed by first at bat page. 667 of those potential no hitters were broken up by a single

Santana wound up giving up three earned runs and 10 hits over six innings worth of work, but the Mets came alive offensively to beat the Reds 12-6 for Santana’s fourth victory of the season.

It was a good day for the Carloses.

Carlos Beltran went 2-for-3 - including a bases-loaded triple - with five RBIs and one run scored. And Delgado was just a triple short of hitting for the cycle (although a Delgado triple is a longshot), going 3-for-4 with two runs scored and one RBI.