LOS ANGELES — Sean Manaea mostly sailed through five innings of his Game 2 start before unraveling, unable to find the strike zone and pulled after two walks and a ground ball. In the aftermath, he acknowledged he hit “a wall.” 

That wall might as well have been concrete Sunday. 

The Mets’ best pitcher for months had little left after a season that will end with 36 total starts and 200 ²/₃ innings, both career highs.

Manaea, bruised by workload, was battered by the Dodgers in the NLCS- and season-ending 10-5 loss at Dodger Stadium. 

Beginning on July 30, when Manaea dropped his arm slot, through Sept. 21, the lefty lasted at least 6 ²/₃ innings for 10 of 11 starts. He emerged as not just an ace but a workhorse whom the Mets leaned on. 

Under the stresses of a burden he had never experienced before, Manaea was running on empty during an outing in which he recorded just six outs.

The pitching-desperate Mets needed length and got none, Manaea allowing five runs on five hits and two walks in his two-plus innings. 

With tears in his eyes afterward, the 32-year-old who will hit free agency upon declining a player option said he is open to a return. 

“I really have no control over that right now,” Manaea said. “But I’ve loved my time here, I love New York, the organization and all the people here, so I’d definitely love to be back.” 

In what might have been his final Mets start, he was in trouble from the very start, facing seven Dodgers batters in a 34-pitch first that foretold doom.

Tommy Edman’s two-run double was the run-scorer, but the at-bats that would not end — like an eight-pitch walk to Kiké Hernandez — were nearly as damaging to the Mets and Manaea’s hopes. 

After another lengthy if scoreless second, Manaea faced three batters in the third and retired none.

Edman hammered a two-run homer that put the Mets in a deep hole, and a walk to Max Muncy prompted a pitching change.

After Phil Maton let up a two-run homer to Will Smith, another run could be charged to Manaea. 

If this was the end of Manaea’s Mets career, he would not be remembered for his last dud.

A free-agent find after a rough season with the Giants last year, Manaea grew into the Mets’ best arm and carried the rotation throughout his dominant second-half run. 

“No one really thought that we’d be at this point,” Manaea said. “We tried our hardest, did our thing, just came up a little short. Dodgers just had our number.” 

He had a poor postseason history, which he put to bed by pitching well against the Brewers; he had a poor playoff history against the Phillies, which he put to bed by dominating them; he had a poor track record against the Dodgers, which he put to bed with an effective start in Game 2. 

But Manaea had nothing left to give after giving the club everything.