If Friday night was any indication, the All-Star break didn’t do the Mets much good.
They completely flopped in a 6-0 loss to the Dodgers at Citi Field.
Justin Verlander delivered yet another lackluster start — he walked a season-high six batters in just five innings — and the offense was nowhere to be found against Dodgers lefty Julio Urias.
Fittingly, it all played out on what looked like a burnt-out cow pasture thanks to a concert that took place during the break.
There were swaths of dead grass behind the left side of the infield, as well as in left-center field.
The Mets’ third straight loss dropped them back to seven games under .500 (42-49) and made it seem even less likely they are poised for a run at the postseason.
Though Verlander (3-5) did not allow a hit until Mookie Betts’ run-scoring single with one out in the fifth inning, he struggled with his command from the start and was booed as he left the mound after the fifth.
Verlander walked a pair of batters in the top of the first before striking out J.D. Martinez swinging to end the threat.
Brandon Nimmo led off the bottom of the first with a shot off the top of the wall in right-center that was initially ruled a home run, but changed to a double.
Tommy Pham and Francisco Lindor whiffed before Pete Alonso walked, but Starling Marte flied to right to keep the game scoreless.
Nimmo’s double was the Mets’ only hit of the game.
Verlander walked three in the first two innings and was at 46 pitches through two.
The lack of command caught up to him in the fifth inning, when Verlander walked the bases loaded with one out — issuing walks to the bottom third of the lineup.
After a visit from pitching coach Jeremy Hefner, Betts followed with a low liner to left that fell in front of Mark Canha for an RBI single to score the game’s first run.
Freddie Freeman then ripped a two-run double down the right-field line to make it 3-0.
Verlander escaped more damage by striking out Will Smith and getting Max Muncy to fly to left, stranding runners at second and third.
But after he had thrown 104 pitches, the night was over for Verlander — and for the Mets.
They got just one hit off Urias in his six innings, and Lindor and Alonso were both booed after striking out in the sixth.
Slumping rookie Francisco Alvarez also heard it from the crowd following his groundout that ended the seventh.
