NEW YORK (Interstat) — Tyler Phillips pitched five innings of two-run baseball as the Miami Marlins defeated the New York Mets 6-2 on Saturday afternoon at Citi Field.

Phillips, who entered with a 3-5 record, scattered six hits and struck out three while allowing just the two-run homer that briefly pulled the Mets even. Miami’s offense supported him with home runs from Javier Sanoja and Griffin Conine, and Liam Hicks drove in two runs as the Marlins improved to 57-55. The Mets fell to 47-65.

Miami jumped ahead in the first inning after shortstop Francisco Lindor’s fielding error allowed Otto Lopez to reach base. Heriberto Hernandez grounded out, moving Lopez to second, and Hicks followed with a single to left field that scored Lopez. The Marlins led 1-0 after two more outs left the inning quiet.

The Marlins extended the lead in the second. Kyle Stowers singled, and Sanoja launched a fly ball to left field for his fourth home run of the season, scoring Stowers ahead of him and making it 3-0. Esteury Ruiz reached on a soft ground ball to pitcher Zac Thornton, and Ruiz moved to second on Thornton’s throwing error. The Marlins loaded the bases on walks by Hernandez and Hicks, but Xavier Edwards lined out to keep the score 3-0.

The Mets answered in the bottom of the second. Marcus Semien singled, and Tyrone Taylor followed with his 10th home run of the season, a fly ball to left field that scored Semien and cut Miami’s lead to 3-2. Luis Torrens grounded out and A.J. Ewing grounded out to end the inning.

Phillips settled in after that. He worked a 1-2-3 third inning, striking out Lindor and Carson Benge around a lineout from Bo Bichette. The Mets threatened in the bottom of the first but could not score after Lindor singled and Benge singled. In the fourth, Phillips retired the side in order again, getting ground outs from Semien and Brett Baty around a sharp lineout to right by Jared Young.

Miami added a run in the fourth. Ruiz was hit by a pitch, and Conine singled to center field, moving Ruiz to third. Otto Lopez then delivered a sacrifice fly to right field, scoring Ruiz and giving Miami a 4-2 lead. Hernandez grounded into a force out, and Hicks grounded out to end the inning.

The score remained 4-2 until the sixth, when Conine provided the decisive blow. With one out after Ruiz struck out, Conine homered to right field, his 10th of the season, stretching Miami’s lead to 5-2. Otto Lopez followed with a double to left, and after Hernandez grounded out, Hicks singled to right to score Lopez and make it 6-2. Edwards flied out to end the inning.

That margin was enough for Miami’s bullpen. Phillips exited after five innings with the lead, and John King worked a scoreless sixth, retiring the side on a single, a fly out, and a double play. Bichette singled to open the bottom of the sixth, but Benge flied out to shortstop and Young grounded into a double play, erasing the baserunner.

Lake Bachar entered in the seventh and earned his second save of the season. Bachar allowed one hit over three scoreless innings, striking out two. He worked around a two-out single by Lindor in the bottom of the eighth, and in the ninth he retired the side in order. Benge grounded out, Jared Young struck out swinging, and Semien flied out to center to end the game.

Zac Thornton took the loss for the Mets, falling to 2-2. Thornton allowed three earned runs on six hits over 4 2/3 innings, striking out two. Jonathan Pintaro pitched two scoreless innings in relief, allowing one hit while striking out three, and Kevin Herget added a scoreless ninth inning.

Sanoja finished 2-for-5 with the home run and two RBIs. Conine went 2-for-3 with a home run and an RBI, and Hicks went 2-for-3 with two RBIs. Otto Lopez also doubled in the sixth and scored on Hicks’ single after driving in a run with his sacrifice fly in the fourth. Tyrone Taylor provided both Mets runs with his two-run homer in the second, finishing 1-for-3.

The Marlins took advantage of two Mets errors, one by Lindor in the first inning and one by Thornton in the second. Miami also kept pressure on the Mets with 10 hits, including consecutive singles and a walk in the eighth, though Xavier Edwards grounded out to end that inning. The Mets managed seven hits, with Lindor and Bichette each collecting two of them. Semien had one hit and scored on Taylor’s homer, and Benge also singled.

Miami’s defense turned a key double play during John King’s inning in the sixth, with Edwards starting the 4-6-3 double play to erase Bichette after the Mets had put the tying runs on base earlier in the game. Bachar then retired seven of the final eight batters he faced, with only Lindor’s two-out single in the eighth interrupting the sequence.

The game took 2:46 to complete. The announced attendance was 30,078 at Citi Field.

Saturday’s result gave Miami its second straight win over the Mets after Miami’s 5-2 victory Friday. The Marlins will look to complete the four-game series sweep Sunday in New York, while the Mets will try to salvage a split before beginning a road trip Tuesday in Cleveland.

The Marlins’ victory also came despite a pregame projection from Interstat’s game simulator that favored the Mets, as the simulator projected a final score of New York Mets 4, Miami Marlins 3. Interstat’s ELO system gave the Mets a 50.90 percent probability to win. The Mets had been installed as the pregame favorite with a spread of minus 1.5, and the total score of eight went over the over-under line of nine.