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Through three starts, Matt Harvey is leading the majors in earned runs.

Not the way he wants to.

The numbers are ugly: 14 1/3 innings, 16 earned runs, seven walks, 10.05 ERA. The Dark Knight he is not, a merely replacement-level pitcher he has not been.

The Angels spotted Harvey a 6-0 first-inning lead against the Brewers on Tuesday night, and it didn’t hold up in an eventual 11-8 Los Angeles victory. The former Mets star let up three runs in the second inning, two in the fourth and a baserunner in the fifth who would come around to score after manager Brad Ausmus had seen enough of Harvey.

The control wasn’t there (two walks) and neither was the overpowering stuff (seven hits) for Harvey. His fastball had life, FanGraphs measuring his average at 94.1 mph. But nothing worked, and nothing has worked for the 30-year-old.

Mets fans had tired of Harvey before last season’s trade with the Reds, and he’s not doing a great job introducing himself to Angels fans; his ERA is now 15.13 in a pair of starts at Angels Stadium.

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