NEW YORK — The New York Mets ended August with 177 runs and 53 homers, both franchise records for any month.

They also went 11-17, committed 16 errors and won just seven games not started by rookie pitchers who began the month in the minors.

“It’s not easy. Obviously, you don’t want to go through stretches like this, when you play well for a few games and then you don’t play well for a few games,” manager Carlos Mendoza said Sunday after his team’s 5-1 loss to Miami.

The Mets dropped three of four to the Marlins, erasing any momentum they created with a rousing three-game sweep of the NL East-leading Philadelphia Phillies earlier in the week.

New York is four games ahead of the Cincinnati Reds for the final National League wild card heading into its penultimate road trip of the season

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