DENVER (Interstat) — Mickey Moniak drove in three runs with a triple and a home run, and the Colorado Rockies avoided a three-game sweep by defeating the Miami Marlins 6-3 on Wednesday at Coors Field.

The Rockies scored four runs in the fifth inning to erase a 2-1 deficit, then added an insurance run in the seventh after Miami had pulled within one. Colorado snapped a two-game losing streak and improved to 34-53, while the Marlins dropped to 46-41.

Kyle Freeland (2-7) earned the win, allowing two runs on six hits over five innings while striking out seven. Max Meyer (9-1) took his first loss of the season despite a solid outing, giving up only one earned run on six hits over six innings with five strikeouts. Brennan Bernardino recorded his first save, working a perfect ninth inning with one strikeout.

Miami had taken the lead in the fourth inning. With one out, Liam Hicks singled and Heriberto Hernández doubled, putting runners on second and third. Javier Sanoja then tripled to center field, scoring both Hicks and Hernández for a 2-1 Marlins advantage.

Colorado had struck first in the bottom of the first when Moniak led off the inning with his 14th home run, a solo shot to center field. Meyer settled in after that, retiring the next three batters and allowing only a single over the next three frames.

The Rockies’ decisive fifth inning began with singles from Troy Johnston and an error by second baseman Sanoja that put runners on first and second with no outs. After a force out at third, Jake McCarthy grounded out to advance runners, and Moniak followed with a two-run triple to right field, tying the game at 3. Hunter Goodman then launched his 27th home run to left-center, a two-run shot that gave Colorado a 5-3 lead.

Miami responded in the seventh. Pinch-hitter Joe Mack hit an inside-the-park home run, his sixth of the season, scoring from a sharp fly ball to right-center that cut the deficit to 5-4. But Colorado answered immediately in the bottom half when Kyle Karros led off with his sixth home run, a solo drive to center field off Marlins reliever John King, restoring the three-run cushion.

Bernardino closed the game with a 1-2-3 ninth, striking out Kyle Stowers to end it.

Miami outhit Colorado 7-6 in the first three innings but managed only one hit after the fifth. The Marlins left seven runners on base, while the Rockies turned two double plays.

Goodman finished 1-for-4 with two RBIs and his 27th homer. Sanoja went 1-for-2 with a triple and two RBIs, and Mack was 1-for-1 with the inside-the-park homer. Moniak had three hits in four at-bats, including the homer and triple, raising his average.

The game lasted 2 hours, 9 minutes before an announced crowd of 18,798 at Coors Field.

Miami had won the first two games of the series by scores of 14-3 and 10-7, extending its winning streak to four games before Wednesday’s loss. The Marlins had entered with a 7-3 record in their previous 10 games, while the Rockies had lost five of their previous six.

Freeland’s victory was his second of the season after a difficult start, while Meyer’s first loss kept his ERA among the league’s best. Bernardino’s save was his first of the year.

The teams conclude the four-game series Thursday before Miami heads to for a three-game set and Colorado hosts San Francisco.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Miami 7, Colorado 5. Interstat’s ELO system gave Miami a 64.30 percent probability to win. Miami was installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus-1.5. The total score of 9 went under the over/under line of 10.5.