SEATTLE – If the Mets are trying to replace “OMG” with “LOL,” the last two nights were a good start.

To be clear, the Mariners have good pitchers and are a team that could win the AL West and cause an upset in October.

But that excuse only takes the Mets so far when analyzing the first two games of this series.

They managed just four goals on Saturday and were hardly impressed when they failed to score for the second consecutive game and lost 4-0 at T-Mobile Park.

The best the Mets (61-56) can hope for at this point is a win on Sunday, a .500 percent road record and a trip home with the thought of once again increasing their chances of a wild card in the NL.

The Mets are again in the hunt for third place, but are half a game behind Atlanta.

Logan Gilbert dominated the Mets, allowing just three hits and one walk in seven innings.

All three of these hits were singles and two were produced by Francisco Lindor.

The Mets got a fourth hit, a two-out single by Harrison Bader in the eighth inning.

But the Mets didn’t get a single runner in a good position all evening.

Pete Alonso, who ended the game with a weak grounder to shortstop, delivered his second consecutive 0-for-4 performance after hitting two home runs in the final game of the series on Thursday in Colorado.

On Friday, the Mets were stalled by Bryce Miller, who allowed just three hits and one walk in six innings.

Things won’t get any easier for the Mets on Sunday, as Luis Castillo’s high-performance pitcher will have to face this struggling team.

The Mets will pin their hopes of avoiding a three-game sweep on Luis Severino.

The interleague portion of this four-city tour did not go well for the Mets, who suffered four losses in five games against the Angels and Mariners.

In between, they won a catch-up game in St. Louis and two of three games in Colorado.

After two excellent starts in a row that extended his scoreless streak to 15 ²/₃ innings, Sean Manaea snapped a losing streak.

The left-hander lasted just three innings, throwing 85 pitches, and conceded three earned runs on four hits with five walks and three strikeouts.

Manaea was hit hard in the first inning as the Mariners sent seven batters to the plate and took a 3-0 lead.

Victor Robles hit a leadoff double and scored on a delayed steal of third base on Randy Arozarena’s double.

Justin Turner’s hit off the right fence was the Mariners’ third double of the inning and led to another run.

Mitch Haniger’s RBI single brought the third run.

The rest of Manaea’s night was ugly, but the Mariners couldn’t score any more runs against him.

Manaea walked two batters in the second inning but escaped.

He ran all the bases in the third inning and may have only avoided trouble in that inning because Bader made a running catch on Jorge Polanco’s hit to left-center field with a runner on first base.

Lindor’s single at the start of the game remained the Mets’ only hit until the sixth inning.

Lindor never got past first base, as Polanco’s catch near second base of a JD Martinez grounder and a somersault over his body set up a spectacular double play that ended the inning.

In the sixth inning, Lindor hit a two-out single and was left helpless when Gilbert took Brandon Nimmo out of the game.

Reed Garrett struck out the team in the sixth inning upon his return from the IL.

Phil Maton pitched the seventh inning and allowed an RBI single from Turner that put the Mets behind 4-0.