If this turns out to be the road trip that wrecked the Mets’ season, which seems very possible, then it ended in fittingly haunting fashion, with old friend Zack Wheeler burying his former teammates with one of the most dominant performances of his career, adding insult to their injurious state of implosion.

Yes, a two-hit shutout with 11 strikeouts was a reminder the Mets should have seen enough of this type of brilliance when Wheeler pitched for them to lock him up before he ever reached free agency, but that’s practically old news compared to the current catastrophe in Queens.

After all, the 3-0 defeat on Sunday made it four straight losses for the Mets and nine in their last 11 games, largely due to their hapless offense.

The collapse has reached such a point, in fact, that owner Steve Cohen decided to hightail it down to Philadelphia to try and rally his fading ball club with some face time in the clubhouse before the series finale.

“Onward and upward,” Pete Alonso said via post game zoom when asked to characterize the owner’s message. “He was extremely positive.”

Yet the Mets continue on their dizzying downward spiral. It’s remarkable how quickly the walls have caved in on them: During this 1-6 road trip to Miami and Philly they’ve gone from leading the division by 3.5 games to trailing the Phillies by 2.5 games.

And now they’re in third place, behind the Atlanta Braves as well.

The good news, obviously, is that there is plenty of time for the Mets to get off the deck and play their way back to the top. The bad news is that right now it’s awfully hard to find reasons to believe they’ll make it happen.

They really haven’t hit much all season, outscoring only the Pittsburgh Pirates among all National League teams, but now the pitching has fallen off after a dominant first half, and without any margin for error, the anemic offense is killing them on a nightly basis.

The front office hoped Javier Baez would be a difference-maker, and he’s shown that ability, but only in brief glimpses that have been overshadowed by his poor plate discipline and NL-high strikeout total. And after leaving Sunday’s game with left hip tightness, it remains to be seen if he’ll be healthy enough to play this week.

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