PHILADELPHIA (Interstat) — Juan Soto homered twice and the New York Mets broke a tie with a three-run seventh inning to defeat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-4 on Thursday night at Citizens Bank Park.

The Mets, who improved to 34-41, snapped a two-game losing streak. The Phillies fell to 40-35 before an announced crowd of 39,767 in a game that lasted 3 hours, 9 minutes.

Soto set the tone in the first inning, launching a solo home run off Phillies starter Aaron Nola with one out. After Jared Young reached on a fielding error by Nola, A.J. Ewing doubled to right field to score Young, giving the Mets a 2-0 lead.

The Phillies answered in the bottom of the first. Trea Turner was hit by a pitch, moved to second on a single by Kyle Schwarber and advanced to third on a forceout. Alec Bohm then singled to right, scoring Turner to make it 2-1.

Soto struck again in the third inning, hitting his second home run of the game, a solo shot to right-center field, pushing the Mets’ lead to 3-1.

Philadelphia responded again in the bottom of the third. Schwarber struck out but reached second on a passed ball and a throwing error by catcher Francisco Alvarez. Bohm followed with a double to right, driving in Schwarber to cut the deficit to 3-2.

The Phillies tied the game in the fourth inning. Bryson Stott singled, moved to third on a single by Derek Hill and scored on Hill’s hit when center fielder A.J. Ewing committed a throwing error, making it 3-3.

The score remained deadlocked until the seventh inning when the Mets seized control. Carson Benge led off with a single but was erased on a lineout by Bo Bichette. Soto popped out for the second out. Mark Vientos walked and Eric Wagaman singled to center, scoring Benge and sending Vientos to second. Zack Short replaced Wagaman as a pinch runner. Marcus Semien then tripled to left field, driving in Vientos and Short to give the Mets a 6-3 lead.

The Phillies threatened in the ninth. With two outs, J.T. Realmuto reached on a forceout and Gabriel Rincones Jr. singled. Justin Crawford then singled to center, scoring Realmuto to make it 6-4. But Devin Williams struck out Edmundo Sosa to end the game and earn his 11th save of the season.

Mets starter Sean Manaea worked 5 1/3 innings, allowing six hits and two earned runs while striking out five. Huascar Brazobán (4-1) pitched a scoreless eighth inning, striking out one, to earn the win. A.J. Minter tossed two-thirds of a scoreless seventh, and Luke Weaver contributed a scoreless ninth before giving way to Williams.

Phillies starter Aaron Nola lasted five innings, allowing seven hits and two earned runs with six strikeouts. José Alvarado (3-2) took the loss after surrendering three runs in the seventh.

Soto finished 2-for-4 with two home runs and two runs batted in. Semien went 2-for-4 with a triple and two RBIs. For the Phillies, Bohm was 2-for-4 with two RBIs. The Mets collected 11 hits to the Phillies’ eight.

The game featured several defensive highlights. In the first inning, a double play caught Phillies’ Bryce Harper stealing third to end the frame. In the fifth, the Mets turned a double play to erase Harper again. Philadelphia’s defense also contributed, including a double play in the eighth.

The Mets’ victory followed a stretch in which they had lost six of their previous eight games. They will face the Phillies again Saturday in the second game of this series.

The Phillies had won five of their previous six games before this loss.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Philadelphia 6, New York 4. The Interstat ELO system gave the Phillies a 60.9 percent probability to win. The Mets were installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus-1.5. The total score of 10 went under the over-under line of 9.5.