PHILADELPHIA (Interstat) — Juan Soto homered twice and drove in two runs as the New York Mets beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-4 on Thursday night at Citizens Bank Park before 39,767 fans in 3 hours, 9 minutes.

The Mets jumped ahead 2-0 in the first on A.J. Ewing’s RBI double. Philadelphia answered with a run in the bottom half on Alec Bohm’s single. After the Phillies tied it in the third on Bohm’s RBI double, they took a 3-2 lead in the fourth on Derek Hill’s RBI single aided by an Ewing error.

New York seized control with three runs in the seventh on Eric Wagaman’s RBI single and Marcus Semien’s two-run triple. Philadelphia cut the deficit to 6-4 in the ninth on Justin Crawford’s RBI single but Devin Williams struck out the final batter for his 11th save.

Huascar Brazobán (4-1), who threw a scoreless seventh with one strikeout, earned the win. José Alvarado (3-2) took the loss. Sean Manaea allowed two earned runs over 5⅓ innings with five strikeouts. Aaron Nola fanned six in five innings but gave up seven hits. The Mets finished with 11 hits to Philadelphia’s eight.

New York improved to 34-41; the Phillies fell to 40-35.