Mets hit new low as disastrous losing skid hits eight games after getting walloped by Dodgers

LOS ANGELES — One dreadful plate appearance after another, the Mets got swept out to the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday and sank to the bottom.Is this it? Is this rock bottom? It’s a question the Mets must ask with each new loss, hopeful for some ray of sunshine on which to latch.Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Mike Puma about the inside buzz on the Mets.

Here’s one: They are finished with this series against the Dodgers.But maybe that’s not enough for this listless bunch.Another night of offensive futility left the Mets with an 8-2 loss at Dodger Stadium that ran their losing streak to eight games.

This was the seventh time during that stretch the Mets scored two runs or fewer.“Everybody is upset,” Bo Bichette said.“You know why.”It’s not just scoring: The Mets simply aren’t getting hits.

They collected only five on this night and finished with 12 in the three-game series.Shohei Ohtani was the chief tormentor Wednesday, pitching six dominant innings.A night earlier the Mets were stifled by Yoshinobu Yamamoto over 7 ²/₃ innings.“It’s surprising, but you go through these things,” Bichette said.

“This is a bit extreme, probably, but it doesn’t help facing two of the best in the game the last two days.”This one turned into a runaway late, with the Dodgers receiving two homers — including a grand slam from Dalton Rushing against Devin Williams — in the eighth inning.Clay Holmes, who departed his previous start with left hamstring tightness, gave the Mets a chance by allowing two earned runs on four hits and one walk over five innings.He was removed after 88 pitches.“It’s one of those things where I don’t think you look around and point fingers,” Holmes said of the losing streak.

“It’s not just the offense.Sometimes it’s going to happen and as pitchers we have got to be better and win games.

Tonight I wasn’t good enough.You have got to look at how to win...