ANAHEIM -- Nobody had a tougher time during the Angels’ 14-game losing streak than Brandon Marsh. But his struggles didn’t begin there. When he stepped to the plate in the bottom of the second on Friday, he hadn’t homered in more than a month, his last long ball on May 7.

By the time the night was over, he’d homered twice for his first career multihomer game.

In all, it was a three-hit night for Marsh, who provided all of the runs in the Angels’ 7-3 loss to the Mets in the series opener at Angel Stadium.

“It's pretty cool,” Marsh said of his feat. “But what's more important is getting the win. So we'll bounce back and get back to work tomorrow.”

With one out in the bottom of the second and Jared Walsh on first, Marsh worked the count full before driving a Tylor Megill changeup deep into the right-center-field seats. The ball traveled 449 feet, according to Statcast, making it the longest home run at Angel Stadium this year.

Marsh’s next hit didn’t go nearly as far, but it did the job. After Max Stassi walked to open the fourth, Marsh dropped a perfect bunt down the third-base line for an infield single.

His next time up, though, Marsh brought the power back. With one out in the sixth, Marsh once more worked a full count before going yard again, this time on a David Peterson slider. It was the first home run of Marsh’s career -- and just the second extra-base hit -- against a left-handed pitcher.

Interim manager Phil Nevin suggested that the homers could have been the result of some “maintenance work” Marsh did during his day off on Thursday, noting that the left fielder had made an adjustment to his swing with his front foot.

“The home run in the second that gets us back in it was huge,” said Nevin. “But for me, watching him get that swing off against the lefty, the home run he hit there in the sixth … that was promising for me. He's had some stuff with some lefties, and to get that swing off there was really good.”

It was a much-needed performance for Marsh in general. The one-time Angels top prospect had a strong first month of the season, slashing .286/.354/.446 in April. From there, he’s seen his OPS drop dramatically, dipping from .800 at the end of April to .636 entering Friday. The scuffling has been especially pronounced in June, when he’d gone 2-for-27 with nine strikeouts in eight games prior to Friday.

Asked if he felt the off-day helped him to reset, Marsh said, “You always want to be in there, just to try to get as many consistent at-bats as possible. But I would say for the body, it did a good job.”

The problem, of course, has not just been Marsh. Some of it is that the Angels’ lineup hasn’t been at full strength for quite a while. Although they got Anthony Rendon back on Friday, they’re without David Fletcher, who will likely be out for another month as he recovers from hip surgery, and Taylor Ward, who’s been dealing with a right hamstring strain. Mike Trout has also missed the last three games with left groin tightness, though the club is hopeful he’ll be able to start on Saturday.

The other major issue on the offensive side is that the guys who have been healthy, for the most part, haven’t been producing. During the losing streak, they collectively hit .216 with a .595 OPS. That includes Marsh’s .149 average and .337 OPS in that stretch.

Now that they’ve dropped 15 of their last 16 games, the Angels are still trying to figure out how to up the caliber of play to resemble something like their 24-13 start. If nothing else, they’re doing what they can to not let the current situation let them feel defeated.

“We all have the same goal. We're here to win as many ballgames as possible,” said Marsh. “So we're all pulling for each other, rooting for each other, trying to pick each other up, especially when the times are bad.”