TORONTO – The Mets’ resurgence over the past two weeks has been built on one solid performance after another from starting pitcher, but David Peterson dropped the baton on Tuesday night.

Perhaps Peterson was simply ready for the performance he had shown since late July, reflected in six consecutive Mets victories in which he was the starter.

That night, the left-hander was hit hard early and his teammates’ bats remained calm in a 6-2 loss to the Blue Jays at Rogers Centre.

The Mets lost for the second time in three games and were eliminated from the race for the third National League wild card with Atlanta.

Peterson lasted just 4 ¹/₃ innings in his shortest start since July 6, allowing five runs, four of which were earned, on eight hits with two strikeouts.

Since his loss to the Braves on July 28, he had not allowed more than three earned runs in any start.

“I had to stop what they were doing quicker,” Peterson said, referring to a third inning in which the Blue Jays sent nine batters to the plate and scored four runs.

Peterson still leads the rotation with an ERA of 2.98, but Sean Manaea, another pitcher, is expected to start at a high level in Wednesday’s playoff game.

Behind Manaea are Luis Severino and Jose Quintana, and Tylor Megill has performed respectably in his three appearances as a replacement for Paul Blackburn for the club.

“(Peterson) just didn’t have it,” manager Carlos Mendoza said. “Especially the control of the fastball, there were some balls that got out of hand and weren’t competitive … the few times he got ahead, he struggled to strike out hitters.”

The Mets managed just three hits in their 3-2 win on Monday, and although they were able to double that number later in the evening, they struggled to deliver in the crucial moments, finishing the game 1 of 8 runs with runners in position.

“Sometimes the offense struggles and you can’t really control when that happens during the course of a year,” Brandon Nimmo said. “We’d like to do better, but unfortunately that’s not how baseball works. What I trust most is that everyone here is going to keep working and try to become the best version of themselves right now.”

Nimmo, who had dropped from third to fifth in the batting order, hit an RBI single in the first inning that gave the Mets a 1-0 lead.

Francisco Lindor and Jesse Winker hit consecutive singles to start the game against Chris Bassitt before Nimmo scored his 75th RBI of the season with two outs.

Nimmo, who has an OPS of .556 since the All-Star break, said the drop to fifth in the batting order doesn’t bother him.

“I’ve been telling Mendoza all year that I don’t really care where I hit because the game dictates the situation,” Nimmo said.

Mark Vientos’ fielding error on Ernie Clement’s grounder in the bottom of the second inning resulted in the Blue Jays scoring an unearned run.

Peterson was charged with two wild pitches in the inning and Leo Jimenez’s RBI single tied the game at 1-1.

“It started with the error and then they had some good hitting opportunities,” Peterson said.

The Blue Jays slammed Peterson with four runs in the third inning to take a 5-1 lead.

Daulton Varsho bunted for a single leadoff, and Peterson’s glove flip of the ball to first base was wild, allowing Varsho to reach second base.

Alejandro Kirk’s subsequent RBI double gave the Blue Jays the lead.

Davis Schneider had the biggest hit of the inning, a two-run triple after Clements’ single put runners on the corners.

Peterson struck out Jimenez and Joey Loperfido’s RBI single increased the Mets’ deficit to four runs.

Jose Iglesias’ pinch-hit double at the beginning of the seventh inning led to the Mets’ second run.

Brendon Little’s wild pitch moved Iglesias to third base before Tyrone Taylor got a walk.

Kirk’s passed ball allowed Iglesias to score. Taylor remained in scoring position at third base as Pete Alonso suffered a strikeout while watching.

Alonso began the September night with an anemic slash line of .185/.313/.333 and just one home run.

“We’re battling hard,” Mendoza said. “It’s one of those periods where we don’t get much done, but we still find ways to get the job done. That wasn’t the case today, but you have to give credit to some of the pitchers we’re up against.”