The Mets, who have been searching for their form from a year ago, played on Friday night in a way they did often in 2022. 

Against the worst team in the National League, they looked like world-beaters, following up their dramatic win over the Yankees on Wednesday by cruising to a 6-1 victory against St. Louis at Citi Field for their first consecutive wins in more than two weeks. 

“It’s back-to-back really good games we’ve played,” said Daniel Vogelbach, who homered for the first time in more than a month.

“I think we all know what we’re capable of as a team. It’s nice to put together a couple good games and hopefully we build off it and go in the direction we know we can.” 

Tylor Megill allowed just one run in six innings and the lineup got multi-hit nights from Starling Marte, Jeff McNeil and Tommy Pham — as well as the homer from Vogelbach, who was back in the lineup after taking a mental break.

It was all good news for the Mets, who had lost eight of their previous 10 games, as they handled the last-place Cardinals, who have lost six in a row. 

Megill had pitched poorly in three of his last four starts, but was effective throughout this outing. 

After Megill retired the side in order on nine pitches in the top of the first, the Mets loaded the bases with no one out in the bottom of the inning. Brandon Nimmo walked leading off, followed by walks to Marte and McNeil. 

The slumping Francisco Lindor then hit a comebacker that turned into a double play. Brett Baty, though, bailed out Lindor with a two-run double down the first base line to give the Mets an early lead. Pham followed with an RBI single to center to make it 3-0. 

The Mets added two more runs in the third inning. Marte and McNeil led off with singles, putting runners on the corners for Lindor, who hit a sacrifice fly to score Marte.

After Baty grounded out, Pham delivered his second run-scoring hit of the night, as the Mets went up, 5-0. 

Megill didn’t allow a hit until Paul DeJong singled with one out in the third. 

St. Louis had a chance to get back in the game in the fifth inning, when Willson Contreras, having a brutal first season with the Cardinals, led off with a homer.

Jordan Walker followed with a double before Megill hit Dylan Carlson with a pitch. 

After pitching coach Jeremy Hefner went to the mound, Megill whiffed DeJong for the first out. With Tommy Edman at the plate, Jordan inexplicably tried to steal third and was thrown out by Omar Narvaez for the second out. 

Megill got Edman swinging to end the threat and the Mets didn’t break a sweat the rest of the way, as Dominic Leone and Josh Walker came out of the bullpen to finish it. 

The Mets will go for a third straight win on Saturday with Kodai Senga on the mound, as they try to get back in the NL East race, playing without Pete Alonso, who is sidelined with a wrist injury. 

They’ll need more games like the one they got Friday from the likes of Pham and Marte, as well as Vogelbach, if they hope to make a run soon. 

“It’s a credit to [the lineup] when the best home run hitter in the big leagues isn’t in the lineup now and guys slide in and have good at-bats and score runs,” Vogelbach said of Alonso’s absence. “It shows the clubhouse we have.

“It’s easy to feel sorry for ourselves with the way we’ve been playing, but instead of waiting for something to happen, the past couple days, we’ve made something happen.”