PHOENIX — Dillon Gee blamed a recent “miscommunication” for creating the perception he supports gun control.

The Mets pitcher posed with teammates in orange T-shirts as part of National Gun Violence Awareness Day. But the photo was linked to a subsequent article used to support gun control advocacy groups — particularly one founded by former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg — and that bothered Gee, an avid hunter.

Gee tweeted Wednesday:

http://t.co/2B6lhSjyGz this is not why i put on that shirt this day. I in no way support bloomberg/Morgan or gun control.

— Dillon Gee (@DillonGee35) June 3, 2015

Then, in a response to a follower on Twitter, Gee added: “I was told it was in support of raising awareness for gun violence. I don’t support senseless gun violence, that’s all.”

Piers Morgan and Gee also had a back-and-forth on Twitter:

@piersmorgan@NRA It is totally fine that we differ on many views. That is why this country is great. I'm not being bullied by anyone.Cheers

— Dillon Gee (@DillonGee35) June 4, 2015

A Mets spokesman said the orange T-shirts and photo were meant to promote “gun safety” and not “gun control.”

The Mets recently issued a press release that read: “Today by wearing orange you visibly honor the 88 American lives cut short by gun violence every day, plus the countless survivors forever altered by shootings each year.”