When Brandon Nimmo sent Masahiro Tanaka’s second pitch of the Queens evening into the right-field stands, you thought this time, maybe this time, it would be different.

That this time, maybe this time, Phil Connors would not step into the puddle after becoming reacquainted with Ned Ryerson.

But no. The old movie continues to play on a loop. The Mets cannot score more than a singular run a game. Jacob deGrom cannot win a game regardless of the brilliance he brings to the mound. Over and over and over again.

The only thing missing is Sonny and Cher warbling “I got you, babe,” over the Citi Field sound system as the downtrodden Mets awaken daily to the same old nightmare.

It was 1-0 Mets into the sixth before the Yankees capitalized on an error by Adrian Gonzalez to push across the tying run on an Aaron Judge sacrifice fly. Two innings later, Brett Gardner snapped the 1-1 tie with a two-run homer to right field off a 1-0 changeup that sat over the plate.

That was that. The clock turned from 5:59 to 6 a.m. in Metsville, where the home team lost its seventh straight game and deGrom became an object of pity after yet another dominant performance went unrewarded.

“We feel for him,” Todd Frazier said following the 4-1 defeat. “Jake is pitching his heart out, you see how electric he is and how much fun he is to play behind. You can feel his energy.”

Maybe Frazier, 1-for-4 and denied in the ninth inning by a sterling pick by Miguel Andujar at third base when the Mets were attempting to rally against Aroldis Chapman, meant that the Mets could feel deGrom’s pain.

Because during this first half in which deGrom has pitched to a 1.57 ERA and has allowed two earned runs or fewer in 10 of his 12 starts, the Mets somehow have conspired to win only four times with No. 48 on the mound. They are 2-7 over deGrom’s last nine starts over which the 29-year-old right-hander has pitched to a 0.81 ERA. They have scored three runs in their last 51 innings.

When deGrom yielded the two-run homer to Gardner, it marked only the third time he had surrendered more than one run in the 82 innings he has pitched, and the first time since Apr. 16. Yet, it marked a run (forget two) too many for the Mets to overcome. Of course it was.

DeGrom, though, would sing no sad songs for himself. Stoic and accountable, or perhaps benumbed by the repetitiveness of it all, the pitcher took responsibility for the loss that dropped the Mets to 16-32 since their Fantasyland 11-1 getaway.

“I made a mistake and cost us the game,” said deGrom, who allowed three runs (two earned) on four hits while striking out eight in his eight innings. “It was 1-1 at the time, I was trying to give the guys a chance to score some runs and I wasn’t able to do it.

“[Gardner] is a tough batter who’s going to battle you. I left it over the middle. It was a bad pitch.”

DeGrom is pitching without a safety net. One mistake, any mistake, can cost him and his team a ballgame. He is Koufax, or maybe Drysdale, for the Dodgers in 1965. He is Seaver with the Mets in 1967.

“It’s a tough way to go out and pitch,” manager Mickey Callaway said. “Even nine- and 10-pitch innings can be stressful because the score is always so close.

“We talk to him all the time to make sure he’s in a good [mental] spot. He’s pitching his heart out.”

One of these days, management is going to be forced to reckon with the reality of the Mets’ situation and calculate whether trading their best player represents the best opportunity to remake this listing hull of a ship.

That day has yet to come. The non-waiver July 31 trade deadline is still more than eight weeks away. Still, the less the Mets accomplish with deGrom on the mound and on the roster, the more tempting it will become for general manager Sandy Alderson to entertain offers for deGrom, who is not eligible to become a free agent until after the 2020 season.

That, though, is for later. For now, deGrom will take the ball every fifth day and deliver a virtuoso performance. The problem is, he and his team cannot help but stepping in that puddle.