Mets demolished by Phillies, fall out of first in NL East in latest implosion as brutal losing skid hits seven

PHILADELPHIA — By the time a nightmarish seventh inning had ended, the Phillies had scored six runs and broken open what had been a tie game.

Those kinds of implosions are a bigger-than-usual problem for the Mets, given that they have scored seven total runs in their past five games.

The way the Mets’ offense is going, the team needs brilliance from its pitching staff — and a worn-out bullpen instead was blasted in the game-changing frame.

The Mets wasted competence from call-up starter Blade Tidwell and were rolled yet again by an NL East foe in a 10-2, series-opening demolition by the Phillies at a sold-out Citizens Bank Park on Friday night.

For the first time since May 30, the Mets (45-31) do not have a share of the division lead, leapfrogged by Philadelphia (46-30).

The season-worst seventh loss in a row was just about clinched in a 10-batter, five-hit, two-walk seventh in which Reed Garrett (charged with four runs without recording an out) and Justin Garza (two runs) were smacked around.

Brandon Marsh, who had sliced a double down the left-field line, scored on a double from Trea Turner that gave the Phillies a lead that wouldn’t be threatened.

After a Kyle Schwarber walk, Alec Bohm inside-outed an RBI single to right, and a lackadaisical throw from Juan Soto combined with a poor throw across the diamond from Pete Alonso allowed Schwarber to reach third.