SAN FRANCISCO — It is possible the Mets’ boss wanted to light a fire under a team that had been frozen, but there was no rush toward additional batting practice to deliver results.

“We’re working really hard every day,” manager Luis Rojas said Wednesday before the Mets’ 6-2, 12-inning win and after the team’s owner, Steve Cohen, criticized the team’s offense on Twitter.

“We need to do better. I need to do better,” hitting coach Hugh Quattlebaum said before the team did better — but not until the ninth inning. “They’re out here busting their butts literally every day. It’s not a work-ethic thing.”

The Mets were scrambling for answers after Cohen tweeted about the club’s hitters being “this unproductive” amid a five-game losing streak that was snapped when Kevin Pillar’s three-run home run in the 12th gave them a lead they would not give up.

Pillar acknowledged the tweet heard ’round the world was heard in the Mets’ clubhouse, too, where it was a topic of conversation.

“We just know he’s a passionate guy,” said the first-year Mets outfielder. “I think we came out with the right attitude today. … Just executing a little bit more, having a little bit more attention to detail.”

It is a fanciful notion — that the Mets, inspired or threatened by the man who pays the bills, played a more inspired game.

Even if it might not be accurate.

“I’m not saying that this is an immediate response because of the message,” Rojas said. “But we’re working just to get things right.”

The Mets had scored 17 runs in the five losses against the best teams in the NL West, the Dodgers and Giants, who boast the two best chase rates in baseball. The Mets’ 28.8 percent chase rate was 21st in baseball entering play, leading Cohen to state that “the best teams have a more disciplined approach.”

The Mets have been searching for that approach, with a greater emphasis on getting on base and hitting for power, but the results have not followed. Neither has the strike-zone awareness they crave: They entered play averaging 3.80 pitches per plate appearance, which was the second worst in baseball. The top club in baseball was the Yankees, at 4.08.

Quattlebaum, who was promoted in May after Chili Davis was fired, was asked if Cohen’s rip was directed his way.

“Who knows,” said Quattlebaum, who is open to ideas. “Whatever we can do better on a daily process is all we’re thinking about.”

“We all got to be held accountable for the team’s performance,” Rojas said.

The hitting coach emphasized process over results, and the Mets do not want their hitters to press. Their hitting with runners in scoring position has been a particular source of frustration — they were 4-for-31 in those situations during the losing streak before Wednesday’s 4-for-13 — and added pressure in baseball does not often translate to success.

If Cohen wanted to push a panic button, the players and coaches underneath him wanted to avoid it.

“These guys are motivated every day no matter what happens,” Quattlebaum said.