With the 13th-best record in the National League, the Mets are in no position to expect easy games against anyone, especially after giving one away in ugly fashion to league-worst Miami the previous night. They were the team to take advantage of their opponents poor defensive play Wednesday, however, in a 10-4 victory over the Marlins at Citi Field. Harrison Bader, Starling Marte and Francisco Lindor homered and Tyrone Taylor rapped four hits as the Mets won for the fifth time in seven games, with Edwin Diaz slated to be activated from the injured list for Thursdays series finale. Starling Marte flips his bat and points to the Mets dugout after hitting a solo homer in the fifth inning in their 10-4 win over the Marlins. Jason Szenes / New York Post Creating momentum on offense is big for us. I think we did a good job of answering back, Bader said. Just a good night for us. I know we got 14 hits. Every time you do that, you put yourself in a good position to win. Explore More In his third start since returning May 29 from offseason hip surgery, David Peterson allowed four runs on eight hits with two walks and one strikeout over five innings (84 pitches) before Dedniel Nunez replaced him with a 6 Paul George Jersey -4 lead to start the sixth. Peterson (2-0) has completed at least five innings in each of his three outings. With Brandon Nimmo receiving a day off against Marlins lefty Braxton Garrett, Mets manager Carlos Mendoza moved Bader to the No. 2 slot in the lineup for the first time this season. And Bader belted a 1-2 pitch for a two-run homer to left-center in the home first. Harrison Bader (right) accepts congratulations from Mark Vientos after hitting a two-run homer in the first inning of the Mets victory. Jason Szenes / New York Post We were ready to hit from pitch one, Mendoza said. We got pitches and put some good swings on them from one through nine. Still, the Marlins recouped those runs with four hits against Peterson in the top of the second, including two-out RBI knocks by Dane Myers and Emmanuel Rivera. Following Tuesdays lo s, Mendoza also had lamented how untimely errors continued to haunt his team, with sloppy play leading directly to a couple of Miami runs in that game. The Mets 44 errors represented the fourth-most in MLB to begin the day, but multiple miscues by the Marlins resulted in three runs (one earned) for the Mets in the second inning to grab a 5-2 lead. Francisco Alvarez hits an RBI single in the second inning of the Mets win. Jason Szenes / New York Post Miami entered the game with 46 errors on the season, behind only Boston acro s the majors. Mark Vientos and Jeff McNeil reached on infield errors to aid the three-run outburst, which also featured RBI singles by Francisco Alvarez and J.D. Martinez. Thats part of the momentum in baseball, to be able to come through after those big mistakes is huge, said Taylor, who started the rally with a single to left. Its easy to leave guys on base, so to be able to get them in is big. Otto Lopez and Bryan De La Cruz reached Peterson for consecutive one-out doubles in the fifth for the Marlins third run. Mets starter David Peterson, who allowed four runs in five innings, picked up the win. Jason Szenes / New York Post After Jake Burger battled the lefty for a 12-pitch walk later in the inning, Jazz Chisolm made it a 5-4 game with a two-out single left. Mendoza stuck with Peterson, however, when Tim Anderson grounded out to McNeil at second to end the inning with the one-run lead intact. Marte got back one of those runs for the Mets (29-37) in the sixth with his seventh homer of the season, a two-out solo shot to left to chase Garrett. Francisco Lindor celebrates after belting a solo homer in the eighth inning of the Mets win. Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports Taylor followed with his third hit of the night, a double to right-center off reliever JT Chargois, and Vientos walked before Alvarez skied to right to end the inning. Still, Vientos bases-loaded single to right and a run-scoring infield out by Alvarez against reliever Declan Cronin made it 8-4 through seven. Lindor added his 11th blast of the season one inning later. Nunez struck out five in 2/ innings and combined with Jake Diekman and Reed Garrett to record the final 12 outs for the Mets. Huge, Mendoza said when asked about Nunez. To go out there in a pretty big spot, like that, when we needed to shut them down. Chris Paul Jersey