Steven Matz labored through a ton of pitches over 5.1 innings on Sunday, but helped the Mets to their first win in four games and first win in the month of July.

However, New York just capped off their worst June in franchise history by going 5-21, and still remain at 33-48 through 81 games to begin the season.

“I think we’re all disappointed in where we’re at right now,” said Matz. “We had higher expectations for ourselves. We got a second half here, got a win today, off day tomorrow, keep pushing and fighting.”

In the first, Matz worked around an error behind him by quickly inducing a double play on the next batter. He then surrendered a single, but got Cameron Maybin to pop out to end the inning.

The next frame, Matz doled out a pair of walks and saw his defense commit another error, but again was able to keep Miami at bay and leave the inning unscathed.

J.T. Realmuto collected his second hit of the ballgame in the third, but Matz didn’t have to do much heavy lifting otherwise as Realmuto wouldn’t advance beyond third base.

In the top of the fourth, Matz helped his own cause and gave New York a then 3-0 lead by punching a single to center that plated a run.

However, in the bottom half of the inning, Miami got a run back, thanks again by a fielding error by Matz.

“If I had taken my time I would have had him, but I rushed it,” Matz said.

The fifth inning saw Matz pitch his first 1,2,3 frame of the day, and many thought his day was done. However, he came back on for the sixth and struck out Justin Bour, which was his final batter.

Recently moved back to the bullpen, Seth Lugo pitched 1.2 clean innings in relief of Matz, followed by Tim Peterson, who allowed a home run in his solitary inning of work.

Jeurys Familia came on for the Mets in the ninth and shut the door to salvage the final came of the series in Miami.

Overall, it was another solid performance for Matz, who improved his record to 4-5 on the campaign and lowered his ERA on the year to 3.46.

“We just didn’t do a whole lot with Matz,” Marlins Manager Don Mattingly said. “That’s probably the best I’ve seen him.”

After undergoing ulnar never reposition surgery in the offseason, the same procedure Jacob deGrom got in 2016, Matz has rebounded to have a fine year so far and has established himself as a strong No. 3 starter for the Mets.

“You still see him get a little flustered out there,” Manager Mickey Callaway said about Matz’s quirk in which he used to melt down from. “But he regroups and makes the next pitch. Today he won the game for us because he did that, because they easily could have tacked on some runs there early. He held them right where he needed to hold them.”

Matz’s next appearance will come at home against the Tampa Bay Rays this upcoming weekend.