The Mets came into the day 0-65 in games in which they trailed after the eighth inning — earning the ignominious accomplishment of being the only team in baseball without a ninth-inning comeback win.

No. 66 might have stung the most.

The Mets rallied to tie the Nationals in the ninth, but Daylen Lile’s inside-the-park home run off Tyler Rogers in the 11th sealed their fate as they lost, 5-3, at Citi Field Saturday afternoon.

The Mets committed two errors, leading to two unearned runs, and Cedric Mullins misplayed the home run, though it likely would have driven in one run regardless. The Mets left 13 men on base and were 3-for-16 with runners in scoring position.

The Reds, who hold the tiebreaker in the season series against the Mets, beat the Cubs and moved within one game of the Mets

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