NEW YORK (Interstat) — MJ Melendez hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the 10th inning Friday night, lifting the New York Mets to a 9-7 victory over the Miami Marlins at Citi Field and snapping a three-game losing streak in the season series.

The blast, Melendez’s third of the season, came off Marlins reliever Pete Fairbanks with one out and scored Vidal Bruján, who had started the inning as the automatic runner at second base. The walk-off win before 39,386 fans in 3 hours 3 minutes improved the Mets to 24-33 and dropped the Marlins to 26-32.

The Mets broke out early, scoring four runs in the first inning off Marlins starter Max Meyer. After a scoreless top half, Carson Benge flied out to open the bottom of the first. Bo Bichette singled, Juan Soto walked and Jared Young walked to load the bases. A.J. Ewing then singled to center, driving in Bichette and Soto. Mark Vientos popped out, but Brett Baty followed with a two-run single to right, scoring Young and Ewing and giving the Mets a 4-0 lead.

Miami chipped away. In the third, Owen Caissie singled, moved to second on a groundout, and scored on Xavier Edwards’ triple to right. The Marlins added another run in the fourth. Kyle Stowers doubled and scored on a double by Jakob Marsee. Consecutive singles by Connor Norby and Joe Mack then loaded the bases, but a strikeout and a groundout ended the threat with the Mets still leading 5-2 after four.

The Mets had increased their lead to 5-2 in the third on a solo homer by Vientos, his seventh of the season. In the fourth, Marcus Semien singled, reached second on a fielding error by left fielder Stowers, and scored on a sacrifice bunt by Luis Torrens that also included a throwing error by catcher Joe Mack, making it 6-2.

Miami tied the game in the fifth. Mack singled, moved to third on groundouts, and scored on an error by first baseman Vientos. Stowers then doubled to right, driving in Otto Lopez and cutting the deficit to 6-4. The Marlins kept pressing. In the seventh, Edwards walked, Liam Hicks doubled, and Lopez’s sacrifice fly brought home Edwards to make it 6-5.

The Mets answered in the bottom of the seventh to retie the game. With Meyer out and reliever Calvin Faucher on the mound, Carson Benge struck out. Bichette walked, Soto singled, and Melendez — batting for Jared Young — delivered a sacrifice fly to left, scoring Bichette and knotting the score at 6-6.

Miami regained the lead in the eighth. Marsee singled off Mets reliever Tobias Myers, and Caissie followed with a two-run homer to right-center, his fifth of the year, putting the Marlins ahead 7-6. The Mets went quietly in the bottom half, but the Marlins could not add insurance. In the top of the ninth, Edwards singled but was erased on a force out, and Stowers singled but Marsee flied out to end the inning.

The Mets forced extra innings when they failed to score in the ninth, but the Marlins also went scoreless in the top of the 10th. Connor Norby struck out, Caissie grounded out and Javier Sanoja lined out, leaving Marsee — the automatic runner — stranded at third.

In the bottom of the 10th, Fairbanks came on for Miami. After Soto flied out to center, Melendez launched a 1-2 pitch over the right-field wall, scoring Bruján and ending the game.

Meyer went six innings for the Marlins, allowing five earned runs on six hits with six strikeouts and three walks. Fairbanks took the loss, falling to 2-3, after giving up one hit and one earned run in one-third of an inning. Mets reliever Austin Warren earned the win, his first of the season against one loss, after pitching a scoreless top of the 10th.

Kyle Stowers led the Marlins’ offense with three hits in five at-bats, including two doubles and an RBI. Xavier Edwards and Jakob Marsee each had two hits, with Marsee driving in a run. Owen Caissie homered and drove in two. For the Mets, Bo Bichette, A.J. Ewing and Brett Baty each had two hits. Baty and Ewing combined for four RBIs.

The Marlins had 12 hits but left nine runners on base. The Mets managed eight hits but drew five walks.

The teams had met three times the previous weekend in Miami, with the Marlins sweeping the series by scores of 4-0, 4-1 and 2-1. The Marlins had dropped two of three in Toronto before arriving in New York, while the Mets had split a three-game set with Cincinnati at home.

The series continues Saturday and Sunday at Citi Field. The Marlins then travel to Washington for three games starting Monday, while the Mets head to Seattle for a three-game set.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Miami 4, New York 2. The ELO system gave the Mets a 53.30 percent probability to win. Miami was installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus 1.5. The total score of 16 went under the over-under line of 7.