Matt Harvey stumbles, Mets’ bats quiet in 5-2 loss at hitter-friendly Coors Field

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DENVER — Matt Harvey enjoyed a meteoric rise at the outset of his big-league career. This season has been downright mediocre.

Harvey was charged with five runs in 5 2/3 innings. And a night after getting blanked by Clayton Kershaw in Los Angeles, the New York Mets’ bats failed to awaken at hitter-friendly Coors Field in what became a 5-2 loss to the Colorado Rockies on Friday.

Harvey surrendered 11 hits — the second-most in a start in his career. Only a 13-hit performance by the Detroit Tigers on Aug. 24, 2013 exceeded that total. That was Harvey’s last appearance before getting shut down with a UCL tear and ultimately undergoing Tommy John surgery.

Harvey’s ERA climbed to 4.93.

Matt Harvey was charged with five runs in 5 2/3 innings against the Rockies. AP Photo/David Zalubowski

The Mets (21-14) dropped out of a first-place tie with the Washington Nationals in the National League East as a showdown looms between the teams beginning Tuesday at Citi Field.

The Mets had won 11 straight games against the Rockies — tied for the second-longest winning …

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