NEW YORK — MJ Melendez hit a two-run homer in the 10th inning to give the New York Mets a 9-7 victory over the Miami Marlins after squandering a four-run lead Friday night.Mark Vientos launched a 445-foot homer for the last-place Mets, who have won two in a row following a five-game slide. A.J. Ewing and Brett Baty each had a two-run single in the first against unbeaten Max Meyer, who blanked New York on one hit over seven innings last weekend in Miami to help the Marlins earn a three-game sweep.Melendez came off the bench as a pinch hitter in the seventh and supplied a sacrifice fly that extended New York’s lead to 7-5. Owen Caissie tied it with a two-run homer off Tobias Myers in the eighth.With one out in the 10th, Melendez fell behind 0-2 in the count before lofting a 98 mph fastball from Pete Fairbanks (2-3) into the second deck in right field just inside the foul pole. Pinch-runner Vidal Bruján, the automatic runner at second base, scored ahead of a fired-up Melendez, who flipped his bat when the ball stayed fair and gestured excitedly toward the New York dugout on Fireworks Night at Citi Field.It was his first game-ending hit in the majors and the f …
