TORONTO (Interstat) — Nolan McLean pitched six scoreless innings, and the New York Mets used three solo runs to blank the Toronto Blue Jays 3-0 on Tuesday night at Rogers Centre, snapping a three-game losing streak and evening the three-game series.

The Mets, who lost the opener 2-1 on Monday, got a dominant outing from McLean. The right-hander allowed five hits, struck out seven and walked none to improve to 5-5. It was his second consecutive strong start, following a win June 17 at Cincinnati in which he threw seven shutout innings.

Toronto starter Kevin Gausman matched McLean for much of the night, allowing one run over six innings while striking out seven. But Gausman fell to 4-7 after taking the loss.

An announced crowd of 41,538 watched the pitchers’ duel, which lasted 2 hours, 38 minutes.

The Mets broke the scoreless tie in the fifth inning. Francisco Alvarez led off with a home run to center field, his ninth of the season. Alvarez finished 1-for-4 with the homer and a strikeout.

New York added a run in the seventh inning. Luis Torrens hit a solo home run to right field, his second of the season, off reliever Mason Fluharty. Torrens went 1-for-3 with a walk and the homer.

The Mets tacked on an insurance run in the ninth inning. A.J. Ewing led off with a single to center, then moved to third on a groundout by Alvarez. Brett Baty followed with a sacrifice fly to center, scoring Ewing. Baty earlier doubled in the third inning for the Mets’ first extra-base hit of the game.

New York finished with seven hits. Aside from the homers, Carson Benge singled and walked, Jared Young singled, Bo Bichette singled, and Ewing singled. The Mets struck out 14 times but drew three walks.

Toronto also had seven hits but could not push a run across. Alejandro Kirk singled in the first inning. Luis Urias singled in the second, and Yohendrick Pinango singled in the same inning. Daulton Varsho doubled in the fourth, and George Springer singled in the fifth. Urias singled again in the ninth inning. The Blue Jays left seven runners on base and went 0-for-4 with runners in scoring position.

McLean worked out of a jam in the second inning after Urias and Pinango singled, but Andres Gimenez struck out on a foul tip to end the inning. In the fourth, Varsho doubled and Urias walked, but Pinango grounded out to third baseman Bo Bichette to end the threat.

After McLean exited, the Mets bullpen shut the door. Brooks Raley struck out two in a perfect seventh inning. Luke Weaver pitched a scoreless eighth, allowing no hits and no walks. Devin Williams earned his 12th save with a 1-2-3 ninth, striking out two.

The game marked the Mets’ fourth shutout victory of the season. Toronto was blanked for the eighth time.

New York improved to 36-50, while Toronto dropped to 40-46.

The Blue Jays had won four of their previous five games before Tuesday. The Mets had lost 11 of their previous 13 games.

Toronto relievers Tommy Nance, Mason Fluharty, and Adam Macko combined for three innings, allowing one run on one hit. Nance struck out two over 1 2/3 innings. Macko struck out one in one-third of an inning.

The scoring plays were brief but decisive. Alvarez’s homer in the fifth came on a 2-1 pitch. Torrens’ homer in the seventh came on a 1-0 pitch. The sacrifice fly in the ninth was Baty’s first RBI since June 30, according to team statistics.

Defensively, the Mets turned two double plays, both started by second baseman Brett Baty. The first came in the fifth inning when Baty fielded a grounder by Alejandro Kirk and threw to shortstop Francisco Lindor to force George Springer at second. The second came in the sixth inning when Baty fielded a grounder by Ernie Clement.

The game had a brief delay in the sixth inning when a challenge overturned a pitch result. Blue Jays batter Ernie Clement was initially called out on strikes but the call was overturned to a walk after a review. McLean then struck out Daulton Varsho to end the inning.

In the ninth inning, Toronto challenged a play at first base but the call upholding the out was upheld. The game ended on a groundout by Myles Straw.

The win evened the series after Toronto’s victory Monday. The Mets had lost the first game of the series 2-1 despite a strong start from pitcher Adrian Houser on Monday.

New York’s next game is Wednesday against the Blue Jays, then the Mets travel to Atlanta for a four-game series beginning Friday. Toronto will host the Mets again Wednesday before heading to Seattle for a weekend series.

Interstat’s game simulator projected a final score of Toronto 4, New York 3, and its ELO system gave Toronto a 58.50 percent probability to win. Toronto had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus-1.5 runs. The total of three runs went over the over-under line of 7.5.