PHILADELPHIA — Brett Baty tried to prevent the Mets’ tragic number from hitting zero on Friday, but the Phillies wouldn’t hear of it.

The Mets rookie smashed a tying home run against Craig Kimbrel in the ninth inning before the Phillies took their last crack.

The game then went to the 10th inning, and Alec Bohm’s bloop single against Adam Ottavino brought in the automatic runner and gave the Phillies a 5-4 win over the Mets at Citizens Bank Park.

The Mets (71-83) have eight games remaining, but trail the Cubs by nine for the NL’s third wild-card spot.

The Mets’ elimination from the race came a night after they lost to assure the franchise’s 35th losing record in 62 seasons since their inception in 1962.

The regular season started with World Series aspirations for this team with a MLB record $364 million payroll, but will end with six other clubs from the NL headed to the playoffs.

“It’s more about tonight’s game,” manager Buck Showalter said. “My mind is what’s going on with the club as we move forward.”

The Mets had the bases loaded in the top of the 10th, but Seranthony Dominguez struck out Pete Alonso for the final out after walks to Brandon Nimmo and Jeff McNeil.

An inning earlier, Baty’s home run — his second in three games — had brought hope to the Mets.

“I came up in that same situation [Thursday] and couldn’t get the job done,” Baty said. “I just learned from my mistakes and it was good.”

Tylor Megill’s night was going splendidly as he released pitch No. 96.

But that four-seam fastball in the sixth inning got way too much of the plate and J.T. Realmuto clubbed it over the left-field fence for a three-run home run and a 3-2 Phillies lead.

Megill allowed only that homer to Realmuto over six innings before the Phillies added a run in the seventh on Kyle Schwarber’s RBI single against Phil Bickford.

The Mets pulled within 4-3 in the eighth on Francisco Lindor’s 27th homer of the season.

Alonso’s RBI double in the first inning against Taijuan Walker gave the Mets a 1-0 lead.

Nimmo walked leading off the game and Alonso, who had been shifted from first base to DH because he wasn’t feeling well, delivered with two outs for his 115th RBI of the season.

Three straight singles in the fifth extended the Mets’ lead to 2-0. Rafael Ortega, Omar Narvaez and Nimmo all singled in succession against Walker to build the rally.

In the sixth, Megill plunked Bryce Harper with a pitch and allowed an infield single to Bohm before he struck out Bryson Stott for the second out.

But Realmuto jumped on the next pitch and tilted the game in the Phillies’ favor.

“I wouldn’t say I was cruising, but I was throwing really well,” Megill said. “The home run, it definitely stings.”