NEW YORK (Interstat) — Coby Mayo hit a three-run inside-the-park home run in the 11th inning, lifting the Baltimore Orioles to a 7-5 victory over the New York Mets on Tuesday night at Citi Field. Mayo went 2-for-5 with three RBIs, and his drive to center field broke a 4-4 tie after Dylan Beavers walked and Leody Taveras came around to score. Baltimore improved to 74-78. New York dropped to 69-82. The game took 3 hours, 25 minutes and drew 28,097.

The Mets opened the scoring in the first. Francisco Lindor popped out, but Juan Soto singled, Bo Bichette singled and Carson Benge walked to load the bases. Jared Young followed with a sacrifice fly to center field that scored Soto. Marcus Semien flew out to end the inning.

Baltimore answered in the second with back-to-back solo homers. Christian Encarnacion-Strand hit his ninth home run to left-center field, and Jeremiah Jackson followed with his eighth to center. The Orioles led 2-1. The Mets tied it in the bottom half after A.J. Ewing singled and Brett Baty singled. Soto then lined a single to center that scored Ewing. Bichette grounded into a forceout to end the inning.

New York moved ahead in the third when Benge homered to right field, his 18th of the season. The Mets carried a 3-2 lead into the middle innings. Sean Manaea started for New York and kept Baltimore in check, allowing two earned runs on four hits over 5.1 innings. He struck out six. Baltimore’s bullpen began to take over after that, with Luis De León throwing two hitless scoreless innings and striking out one. Grant Wolfram added a scoreless inning with one hit, one walk and two strikeouts. Anthony Nunez and Josh Walker also combined for scoreless relief work. Josh Walker retired one batter without allowing a hit. Anthony Nunez worked one inning and gave up one hit but no runs.

New York had chances to add on. In the fifth, Bichette singled, Benge struck out, Young doubled and Semien walked, but A.J. Ewing was called out on strikes after a challenge confirmed the call. The Mets left the runners stranded. In the eighth, Semien reached on a throwing error by Jeremiah Jackson. A.J. Ewing then singled to center, but Semien was thrown out at third on the play after Baltimore challenged a tag play and the call was overturned. Christopher Morel grounded out to end the threat.

Baltimore tied the game in the ninth. With one out, Pete Alonso homered to left-center field, his 36th of the season, making it 3-3. Coby Mayo and Encarnacion-Strand then struck out swinging. In the bottom of the ninth, Francisco Alvarez popped out, Lindor doubled to right and Rico Garcia intentionally walked Soto. Bichette grounded out to third, moving Lindor to third and Soto to second. Benge lined out to shortstop Gunnar Henderson, sending the game to extra innings.

The Orioles went ahead in the 10th. Gunnar Henderson singled to center, and Encarnacion-Strand moved to third. Jeremiah Jackson was called out on strikes after a pitch-result challenge was confirmed, but Baltimore scored on the sequence to take a 4-3 lead. Heston Kjerstad struck out, and Leody Taveras grounded out softly to the pitcher. In the bottom of the 10th, the Mets answered. Jared Young grounded out to first, with Benge moving to third. Marcus Semien then doubled to left field, scoring Benge to tie the game at 4-4. Alex Hoppe intentionally walked A.J. Ewing. Christopher Morel grounded into a forceout, with Semien moving to third and Ewing out at second. Francisco Alvarez was called out on strikes, keeping the game tied.

In the 11th, Colton Cowser flied out to left. Dylan Beavers walked. Pete Alonso struck out swinging. Mayo then hit an inside-the-park home run to center field, his 24th of the season. Taveras and Beavers scored on the play, giving Baltimore a 7-4 lead. Encarnacion-Strand followed with a single to right, and Henderson struck out swinging.

New York did not go quietly in the bottom of the 11th. Lindor flied out to center. Soto grounded out to second, with Francisco Alvarez moving to third. Bichette then singled to center, scoring Alvarez. Benge flied out sharply to center to end the game.

Mayo was Baltimore’s top star, finishing 2-for-5 with a home run and three RBIs. Encarnacion-Strand went 2-for-5 with a home run and one RBI. Alonso also homered for Baltimore, while Jackson added a solo shot. For New York, Manaea’s 5.1-inning start kept the Mets in front for much of the night. Nate Lavender struck out four over 1.2 hitless innings. Austin Warren added a scoreless inning with one strikeout. Andrew Kittredge worked a scoreless inning with one hit allowed and recorded the save.

Alex Hoppe earned the win for Baltimore, improving to 1-1. Jonathan Pintaro took the loss for New York, falling to 2-2. Kittredge recorded his 10th save of the season. Baltimore finished with eight hits, while New York had 12. The Mets’ record dropped to 69-82, and the Orioles moved to 74-78. The Orioles won the first two games of the series after taking Monday’s opener 2-1.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of New York Mets 6, Baltimore Orioles 3. Interstat’s ELO system gave the Mets a 54.3 percent probability to win. The Mets had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus 1.5. The total score of 12 went under the over-under line of 8.