NEW YORK -- Even though they lost on Friday and Saturday in extra innings, the Mets showed the game was not over against the Dodgers until the final out was made. However, Sunday was a different story. Los Angeles scored early and often and pounded New York, 14-4, at Citi Field.

The Dodgers swept the three-game series, and the Mets will now travel to the West Coast and play against the two best teams in the National League. To start the week, New York plays a three-game series against San Francisco. Then it travels to Los Angeles to play another four games against the Dodgers. The Mets are now in third place, 2 1/2 games behind the Braves in the National League East.

“We have to turn the page quickly,” Mets manager Luis Rojas said. “We have a long trip. This is challenging, going at this time of night and probably [getting to San Francisco] sometime in the morning and [getting] our rest to face a team like the Giants.”

Rojas made it clear that his team must find a way to score more runs. Entering Monday’s game against San Francisco, the Mets are 29th in the Major Leagues in run scored (443); the Astros are first with 627.

“We have to get the hitting going once again,” Rojas said. “We created some chances, put some runners on tonight and just didn’t finish. … Yes, we played a couple of tight games the first two nights, but the hitting has got to show up. That’s the bottom line. … We have to get on a roll, because we are going to see those guys again at the end of this week.”

The Mets were hoping to get length from right-hander Carlos Carrasco, because the bullpen had been used quite a bit this past week. But Carrasco lasted just two innings, allowed six runs on six hits and threw 57 pitches.

“His pitches were different,” Rojas said. “The fastball didn’t have the sink that we know. The slider was sometimes hanging. A team [like the Dodgers] is going to take advantage.”

The game got so out of hand that the Mets had to use two position players -- Brandon Drury and Kevin Pillar -- to get through the ninth inning.

The Dodgers put on a home run derby in the first two innings. Justin Turner got it rolling in the first for Los Angeles by hitting a two-run homer. Two batters later, Will Smith hit a solo shot, his third in the series.

By the second inning, the Dodgers had a 6-0 lead. Trea Turner doubled home Cody Bellinger, while Max Muncy hit a two-run shot, a ball that went over the left-center-field fence.

Carrasco said he still feels like he is in Spring Training mode. After all, he missed most of this season because of a right hamstring injury. Carrasco feels he will get his act together on the mound.

“They are a really good team. They hit everything,” Carrasco said. “I tried to do my best. I tried to do everything I could, but it didn’t work this time. Tomorrow is another day. I just have to go back to work and do the best that I can. I just have to get it right from the start.”

Even though the game appeared out of reach by the second inning, the Mets had late opportunities to score, more than they did off right-hander Max Scherzer. In fact, in the first four innings, the Mets were 0-for-10 with runners in scoring position against Scherzer.

Their best chance to score a handful of runs occurred in the third inning. The Mets had runners on second and third with no outs. But Dominic Smith lined out to Trea Turner at second base. Jeff McNeil then grounded out to Turner, though Michael Conforto scored on the play, and J.D. Davis followed and struck out to end the frame.

After a bad loss, Rojas is confident that his team will have the energy to play well on the West Coast.

“I know they are going to show up every day with high energy and face any team that stands in the way,” Rojas said.”