MLB

Wright’s 0-for-5 stinker, deGrom’s dud sink Mets

LOS ANGELES — Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain reeking.

David Wright, reduced for most of this season to a shell of the player who has been a perennial All-Star for the Mets, might have hit rock bottom Saturday night in the shadow of the San Gabriel Mountains.

True, Jacob deGrom was rusty in his return from the disabled list and the bullpen was shaky, but at the center of the Mets’ 7-4 loss to the Dodgers was the captain looking absolutely lost — again — at the plate.

Wright hit into two double plays and struck out twice as part of a 0-for-5 night, as the Mets lost for the fifth time in six games. They fell 10 games below .500 for the first time since July 6.

“It’s a bad night,” Wright said. “Any time you go up there with a chance to impact the game in a positive way and you don’t get it done, it’s tough. I’m not having any fun. The team is not having any fun.”

Wright, who has not homered since July 11, spanning 141 at-bats (he remains stuck on eight for the season), has just four RBIs in August.

The true tale of his nosedive was told in the seventh, when Zack Greinke intentionally walked Daniel Murphy, putting the go-ahead run on first base, to face Wright. It was the right move for the Dodgers — Wright struck out to end the inning, leaving two runners on base.

“The numbers speak for themselves right now and it’s something where, just as I don’t feel good at the plate the other team can probably see I don’t feel very good at the plate,” Wright said.

Manager Terry Collins said he’s perplexed by Wright’s drought. The third baseman continues to deny a left shoulder injury he sustained in June is a factor.

“In my time here, I haven’t seen him scuffle like he has this year,” Collins said. “My daily conversation with him is he’s not hurt, he’s healthy, but I certainly don’t have an answer for why he’s going through what he’s going through.”

Greinke, who received extra rest between starts because of soreness in his right elbow — Clayton Kershaw took his turn in the rotation on Thursday — allowed four runs, three of which were earned over seven innings.

DeGrom, in his return from rotator cuff tendinitis in his shoulder that cost him two starts, surrendered five earned runs over six innings with seven strikeouts and two walks.

“I felt good,” deGrom said. “A lot of outings come down to that few pitches, and tonight I didn’t make the big pitches when I needed to.”

Vic Black and Josh Edgin each gave up a run in the seventh, allowing the Dodgers to pull away to a 7-4 lead.

DeGrom was among the Mets’ chief offensive threats, finishing 2-for-2, with a double in the third and single in the fifth. He was left stranded in both innings.

Lucas Duda homered leading off the sixth to pull the Mets within 5-4, helping alleviate some of the sting from Adrian Gonzalez’s three-run blast the previous inning.

Gonzalez’s homer was the second surrendered by deGrom in as many games after going 10 appearances without allowing one. Greinke singled to begin the rally and Carl Crawford walked with two outs before Gonzalez cleared the fence in right-center to give the Dodgers a 5-3 lead.

Crawford walked leading off the fourth and stole second to start a Dodgers rally that resulted in two runs. Gonzalez broke his bat on a 97-mph heater from deGrom and delivered an RBI single that pulled the Dodgers within 3-1 before Erisbel Arruebarrena’s sacrifice fly added another run.

Juan Lagares’ three-run homer in the fourth gave the Mets a 3-0 lead. The homer was Lagares’ first in 227 at-bats, dating to May 17 and gave him three for the season.