Walker Lockett gave us what we all expected to get out of him — an outing with spurts of success that ultimately did not get the job done for the Mets.

Lockett was called upon on short notice, after Mets’ ace Jacob deGrom was scratched this afternoon with neck tightness.

Lockett was quite unsuccessful for the orange and blue in 2019, appearing in eight games, starting two, and putting up an 8.34 ERA.

The 26-year-old righty started off rough, giving up a leadoff single to Andrew McCutchen before missing up and in with a fastball and drilling Rhys Hoskins in the shoulder to put runners on first and second with nobody out.

Facing the red-hot Bryce Harper, it looked like a prime scenario for the already trailing Phillies to get on the board.

Surprisingly, the opposite occurred, as Lockett made nice pitch to the pull-hitting Harper and got him to top the ball back to the mound, starting a 1-6-3 double play.

J.T. Realmuto grounded out to end the frame without a score for the Phils.

Lockett couldn’t keep the momentum going into the second, however, as a Didi Gregorius double, a Jean Segura walk, and an Alec Bohm single put the Phillies across home plate with just one out.

Roman Quinn followed with a single of his own, tying up the game.

Lockett then got McCutchen and Hoskins to fly out, ending the inning without further damage.

The tall righty settled in during the third, putting down Harper, Realmuto, and Gregorius in order.

This momentum continued into the fourth, as a Jay Bruce double with one out was rendered useless after back-to-back outs ended the threat.

But, just as things were looking up for Lockett and the now leading Mets, they fell apart.

McCutchen started the inning with a flyout, but Hoskins doubled deep into center field.

Lockett couldn’t get Harper either, walking him on four pitches.

With the double play now set up, he gave an 0-1 fastball too much of the plate, which Realmuto hopped on, sending it over the wall in left field to give the Phillies the lead.

Lockett recovered quickly, striking out Gregorius and Segura to end the inning, but the damage was done.

He did come out to pitch the sixth, and looked pretty good, striking out Bruce and rookie Alec Bohm before getting Quinn to groundout.

He was removed at the beginning of the seventh.

Lockett’s final line read six innings, seven hits, five earned runs, two walks, and five strikeouts.

One good sign was his pitch count, as he kept it quite low for a six-inning game, throwing just 84 pitches and 56 strikes.