NEW YORK (Interstat) — Carson Benge’s two-out single in the bottom of the 10th inning scored A.J. Ewing and lifted the New York Mets to a 3-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday night at Citi Field, snapping a five-game losing streak and giving the Mets their first extra-inning win of the season.

The walk-off hit capped a tense, low-scoring affair that saw the Tigers jump ahead with two runs in the first inning before the Mets methodically chipped away, tying the game in the seventh and finally breaking through in the 10th to improve to 17-25. Detroit fell to 19-24.

Benge, the rookie right fielder who entered the game hitting .267, finished 3 for 5 with the decisive RBI. He also scored a run and stole a base, providing the offensive spark the Mets had lacked in recent games. The 23-year-old’s single to center field off Drew Anderson brought home Ewing, who had reached on a fielder’s choice earlier in the inning.

The game’s outcome was not without drama. The Mets squandered a chance to win in regulation when they tied the score in the seventh but then had a bizarre sequence that erased a potential go-ahead run. After Bo Bichette singled to drive in Luis Torrens and make it 2-2, Benge was caught stealing home on a throw from catcher Dillon Dingler to shortstop Zack Short and back to Dingler, ending the inning with the score still deadlocked.

Detroit, which had pounded out eight hits against Mets starter Christian Scott and three relievers, stranded runners in scoring position in the eighth and ninth innings. The Tigers’ bullpen, notably Anderson who entered in the 10th, could not hold the tie.

The Tigers struck quickly against Scott in the first inning. Kevin McGonigle walked, Dillon Dingler doubled to right and Riley Greene followed with a two-run single to center, giving Detroit a 2-0 lead. Scott settled down after that, allowing only one more hit over his next three innings and finishing with five strikeouts in 4 2/3 innings. He left after yielding two earned runs on seven hits and two walks.

New York answered in the second inning. Mark Vientos led off with a sharp single to left, moved to third on a Brett Baty single and scored on a force out by Tyrone Taylor. The Mets could not add more as Anderson’s predecessor, Framber Valdez, retired the side.

The score remained 2-1 until the seventh. With one out, Torrens walked and Benge singled. Bichette followed with an opposite-field single to right, scoring Torrens to tie the game. But the subsequent rundown on the bases wiped out any further damage.

Both bullpens held firm through the eighth and ninth. Mets reliever Huascar Brazobán threw 2 1/3 scoreless innings, striking out two. Luke Weaver worked a scoreless eighth, and Devin Williams retired the side in order in the ninth with a strikeout. Brooks Raley (1-1) earned the win with a perfect 10th inning, striking out the only batter he faced after a walk.

Anderson (1-1) took the loss, allowing one run on one hit in his lone inning of work. The Tigers had managed only a walk in the top of the 10th against Raley, but Greene popped out and Matt Vierling walked before Wenceel Pérez flied out to center to end the threat.

In the bottom of the 10th, Torrens opened with a strikeout, but Benge followed with his game-winning hit. Ewing, who had been hitless in his previous four at-bats, singled earlier in the frame and advanced on a groundout before scoring on Benge’s liner.

The game, which lasted 3 hours, 6 minutes in front of an announced crowd of 33,989, was the second of a two-game series between the clubs. The Mets had routed the Tigers 10-2 on Tuesday night.

Detroit’s loss extended a rough stretch in which the Tigers have dropped six of their last seven games. The Mets, meanwhile, snapped a five-game skid and avoided falling to 16-26.

Key contributors for the Mets included Bichette, who went 1 for 4 with an RBI, and the relief corps, which combined for 5 1/3 innings of one-hit, shutout ball. Vientos finished 1 for 3, while Baty added a hit. For the Tigers, McGonigle walked twice and scored a run, Dingler doubled and singled, and Greene drove in both runs on a 3-for-5 night.

Detroit grounded into two double plays, both in the third and fifth innings, and left seven runners on base.

The Tigers will conclude the two-game set Thursday afternoon at Citi Field before returning home to host the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday. The Mets remain home to begin a Subway Series against the New York Yankees on Friday.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Detroit Tigers 5, New York Mets 4, while Interstat’s ELO system gave the Mets a 50.30 percent probability to win. Detroit was installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus-1.5 runs, but the total of five runs went over the over-under line of eight.