In one fell swoop, the Mississippi Braves overcame a number of hurdles on Sunday.

Ernesto Mejia hit a tiebreaking solo home run in the top of the 10th inning, and the M-Braves escaped a bases-loaded jam in the bottom half to beat the Jacksonville Suns 5-4.

Jacksonville loaded the bases on two walks and a passed ball on strike three — all with two outs — before reliever Benino Prudera finally got Alex Romero to fly to right for the final out.

Jacksonville also scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth to tie it after the M-Braves had scored twice in the top of the inning to take a 4-2 lead.

Mejia also doubled and finished the game 2-for-4 with two RBIs and two runs scored. The homer was his 17th of the season.

The victory was the M-Braves’ second in extra innings in the series. They had lost seven extra-inning games in a row before that. It also pulled them to .500 after several failed attempts to reach the mark, and gave them back-to-back series wins for the first time this season.

Getting a third series win in a row will be crucial to any playoff hopes the team might harbor. The M-Braves open a five-game set against first-place Mobile on Tuesday night at Trustmark Park. The M-Braves trail the BayBears by seven games, and it’s their last head-to-head meeting of the season.

Mycal Jones also had two hits for the M-Braves (15-15), and Pruneda — the last of six pitchers the team used — earned his seventh save of the season. Billy Bullock (2-1) walked three batters and allowed two runs in the ninth, but still got the win.

Ryan Curry went 2-for-5 and scored a run for Jacksonville (12-17). Kyle Skipworth doubled and drove in three runs.