The Mets had gone 36 games without a starter allowing less than 2 runs. The last time it happened was July 5. It was the longest streak in the Majors since 2002, and the longest for the Mets since 1982. But that infamous streak came to an end Wednesday night at Petco Park, as Dillon Gee’s 6 2/3 innings of one-run ball led the Mets to a 7-3 victory over the Padres.

Dillon Gee became the first Mets rookie to win 11 games since Ron Darling.

The dog days of summer have not been kind to the orange and blue this August.

The Mets are fading fast into obscurity as the dog days of summer quickly weed the pretenders out of the playoff race. After getting swept by Arizona the Mets are now the proud owners of a 5 game losing streak- tied for their longest since early April and the 2nd such streak this month. They have fallen 20.5 games out of first place and 11.5 out of the wild card lead, and since the injuries to Jose Reyes and Daniel Murphy the Amazins have nose-dived in the NL, going from “long shot” to “no shot.”