CINCINNATI -- On a night the New York Mets reduced their magic number to one to clinch their first division title since 2006, the team lost a significant contributor.

Infielder Juan Uribe aggravated a previous chest injury and should be sidelined for several days.

Uribe originally suffered an injury to his chest while diving for a groundball at second base on Sunday. He pinch hit in the eighth inning of Friday’s 12-5 win against the Cincinnati Reds as manager Terry Collins cleared the bench. Midway through the at-bat, Uribe tried to swing and then clutched at his chest. He departed the game with the count 2-and-2. Eric Campbell completed the at-bat.

A team spokesman said X-rays were negative. Collins said the injury, initially labeled a deep chest bruise, is cartilage-related.

With the postseason opener exactly two weeks away, the priority is resting Uribe now to try to get him healed by the Division Series opener against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Collins said he hopes Uribe might resume swinging in a few days, but that may be overly optimistic.

“It is not good news,” Collins said. “He’s going to miss some time. He took BP, felt fine. He was hitting in the cage. He was good and warm. But we’re going to have to give him some time to rest that.”