NEW YORK (Interstat) — MJ Melendez hit a walk-off two-run homer in the 10th inning Friday night, lifting the New York Mets to a 9-7 victory over the Miami Marlins at Citi Field. The game was attended by 39,386 fans and lasted 3 hours, 3 minutes.

Melendez finished 1 for 1 with three RBIs, including the decisive blast off losing pitcher Pete Fairbanks. Austin Warren earned the win for New York, improving to 1-1. Fairbanks fell to 2-3.

Miami outhit New York 12-8 but stranded runners. Owen Caissie went 2 for 5 with a two-run homer for the Marlins. Max Meyer struck out six over six innings but allowed five earned runs.

The Mets struck first with four runs in the opening frame. Miami answered with single runs in the third and fourth, then two in the fifth to take a 5-4 lead. After New York tied it in the seventh, Caissie’s homer put Miami ahead 7-5 in the eighth. New York tied it again in the bottom half before Melendez’s heroics.

New York improved to 24-33; Miami dropped to 26-32.