SAN DIEGO -- Jacob deGrom pitched eight solid innings, and Wilmer Flores homered to lead the New York Mets past the San Diego Padres 5-3 on Monday night.

DeGrom (12-3) struck out the first four batters he faced, and he limited the Padres to two runs and five hits. He walked two and finished with eight strikeouts as he won a career-high eighth consecutive start.

Addison Reed handled the ninth for his 17th save. However, the Padres brought the go-ahead run to the plate after Reed gave up rookie Hunter Renfroe's second homer of the game, which got the Padres within 5-3. Pinch hitter Jabari Blash nearly hit a game-winning homer, but the ball tailed just foul down the right field line.

Jay Bruce had two RBIs and two hits for New York, and Asdrubal Cabrera contributed three hits.

Jose Reyes stole his 500th career base after an eighth-inning single and scored on Travis d'Arnaud's single for a 5-1 edge as the Mets won for the fifth time in six games.

San Diego starter Clayton Richard (5-11) worked eight innings, surrendering five runs, 12 hits and two walks, both intentional. He fanned eight. Richard lost his third consecutive start and fourth decision in a row.

Carlos Asuaje's two-out RBI double in the eighth sliced the Padres' deficit to 5-2.

Renfroe's massive homer in the seventh drew the Padres to within 4-1. Renfroe's 431-foot blast landed on top of the Western Metal Supply Co. building. When Renfroe was called up last September, he hit the first ball to reach that level.

Wilmer Flores smacked a home run in the second for a 1-0 lead. Richard tried to fool Flores with a changeup, and Flores redirected it 401 feet for his 10th homer of the year.

The Mets' advantage grew to 3-0 in the third inning.

Yoenis Cespedes, who had three home runs in four games at Petco last year, hit a line-drive triple off the center field fence. That sent home Cabrera, who had led off with a single. Bruce brought in Cespedes with a single to right.

Bruce got his second RBI of the night and his team-high 67th when he singled in Michael Conforto in the fifth. That pushed the Mets ahead 4-0. It could have been more save a leaping catch by Renfroe in right field on Flores' long drive with two runners aboard.

NOTES: The Padres traded RHP Brandon Maurer, RHP Trevor Cahill and LHP Ryan Buchter to the Kansas City Royals for RHP Matt Strahm, LHP Travis Wood and a minor league infielder. ... San Diego INF Erick Aybar is out to until mid-September with a broken foot. ... The Padres called up INF Dusty Coleman from Triple-A El Paso and RHP Jose Ruiz from Class A Lake Elsinore. ... Mets RHP Zack Wheeler (stress reaction in right arm) was placed on the disabled list. New York recalled RHP Tyler Pill from Triple-A Las Vegas.