Matt den Dekker struck out in his only three at-bats Saturday — and had an even worse day in the field.

While den Dekker is now hitless in 17 at-bats this season, the veteran outfielder also struggled in his specialty, allowing three potential catches to fall for run-scoring hits in the Yankees’ four-run fourth inning, which sparked their 7-6 win over the Mets in The Bronx.

“That’s just how it goes sometimes,” den Dekker said. “Sometimes you make the plays, sometimes you don’t.”

In just his sixth appearance of the season — since rejoining the Mets for a second stint July 11 — den Dekker wasn’t charged with an error on any of the plays, but the center fielder’s inability to steal an out changed the game’s momentum.

With the Mets leading 1-0 in the fourth inning, Didi Gregorius tied the game with a triple after hitting a deep liner to right-center field, which dropped after den Dekker whiffed on a diving attempt.

“I think those line drives are the hardest ones,” manager Mickey Callaway said. “I thought the angle didn’t do him any favors, trying to catch that one.”

Had den Dekker taken a better angle, he likely wouldn’t have needed to attempt a leaping grab.

“Balls like that, you get the best read you can off a line drive,” den Dekker said. “Maybe if I’d taken a little bit of a deeper angle, I might’ve gotten to it, but it’s tough when balls are hit that hard, and the wind was moving around out there.”

Two batters later, Greg Bird gave the Yankees a 3-1 lead, drilling a ball to deep center, which den Dekker chased, and watched hit off his glove on a difficult backhanded attempt. In the next at-bat, den Dekker was too slow to react to a ball in front of him, as Austin Romine’s bloop single to center scored another run.

“I think all the running around kind of took its toll, especially on the last one,” Callaway said. “He was trying to come in on that blooper, and just couldn’t get to it.”

Den Dekker thought he had a chance at each one. Statcast agreed, giving him an 82 percent catch probability on the Romine bloop single, though no blame on the Gregorius triple (48 percent) or Bird double (47 percent).

“You get enough time in between plays to gather and regroup, just out of the reach of me getting there,” den Dekker said.

“They put some good swings on it, and that’s what happens.”