If there was any hope of the Mets being a Cinderella story in 2017, those dreams are all but gone.

After dropping two games out of three to the Rockies who currently hold the second wild card spot, the Mets were silent against Yu Darvish and the Dodgers on Friday night.

It was just another cruel reminder that the Mets can’t hang with the big boys, even with ace Jacob deGrom on the mound.

Darvish, who the Dodgers acquired right at the wire on trade deadline day, went seven strong innings in his Dodger debut, fanning 10 hitters and yielding just three hits. He also retired 21 of the final 24 batters he faced.

Oppositely, deGrom struggled through five innings, allowing two long balls and walking three while scattering five hits.

“My stuff was good tonight. I wasn’t able to locate it – you look at how many three-ball counts I had,” said deGrom. “They took advantage of my mistakes, that’s what a good team does.”

The Dodgers were off to the races early, as oufielder Chris Taylor clubbed a home run to lead off the game.

Corey Seager followed with a double and deGrom surrendered a walk to Joc Pederson later in the frame, but was able to finish the inning without further damage.

However, Yasiel Puig chipped in a round tripper of his own in the second, his 20th of the year to center field.

The 29-year-old Mets ace allowed one final run in the fifth inning when former Met Justin Turner grounded into a double play before hitting the showers.

Mets public enemy No. 1 Chase Utley played a little long ball in the sixth with a two-run shot off Josh Smoker.

It was 39th career home run vs. the Mets, the most of any active player. The aforementioned Turner later drove in the Dodgers sixth run of the game to cap off the victory.

Following the game, Mets manager Terry Collins said that deGrom needs to rely less on a steady diet of heaters.

“This is two starts in a row where the first two innings [deGrom] has scuffled and we’ve got to get that fixed,” Collins said. “One hundred pitches in five innings for him, I don’t think I’ve ever seen it.”

The Mets managed just four hits on the evening, one of which came off the bat of Amed Rosario in his Citi Field debut.

Rosario has a hit in all four games he’s played in the majors, going 4-for-15 (.267). The 21-year-old also  stole his first base in the fifth inning.

With the loss, the Mets fell to 49-58, while the Dodgers continue their season of sheer dominance, boosting their record to 77-32.

New York has lost seven straight games to the Dodgers dating to May 28, 2016. It’s the longest losing streak to the Dodgers since 1965, when the Mets also dropped seven straight games.

At 12 games out of the second wild card spot and 15 games behind the Washington Nationals in the National League East, the popular mantra “Maybe next year,” has surfaced again for Mets fans.

2018 can’t come soon enough.