David Wright and Jose Reyes each had three of the Mets’ slump-ending 15 hits, Mike Pelfrey pitched eight innings and New York assured the Pittsburgh Pirates of their record-extending 18th consecutive losing season, winning 7-2 on Friday night.

Chris Carter homered and drove in two runs a night after the Mets were limited to three hits during a 3-2 loss in Houston, causing Mets manager Jerry Manuel to call his offense “pathetic.”

Think how Manuel would feel if he managed the Pirates, whose 82nd loss — they’ve won 40 times — guaranteed them of extending the longest streak of consecutive losing seasons in major American pro sports history. They’d never done it this soon, either; previously, the earliest they had secured such a season was on Aug. 27, 2001.