The nightmare in Flushing continued Tuesday night and it’s getting late early at Citi Field.

As their season spirals down the drain, the Mets lost their 12th straight game on Tuesday, this one 5-3 to the Twins.

They expected it to be loud in Queens and it eventually was, as the Mets blew a three-run lead, didn’t get a hit after the fifth inning and then saw Devin Williams implode in a tie game in the top of the ninth.

It left the Mets at a new low point in 2026, with the worst record in the majors (7-16) and little reason for optimism that their fortunes will change anytime soon. No team has ever reached the playoffs after dropping 12 consecutive games.

“It’s not an easy situation,’’ Carlos Mendoza said. “We understand where we’re at, but there’s also a lot in front of us. We’ve got to go out and do it. The history will tell you otherwise, but we still believe in the players. It takes one.”

At this point, it’s hard to know when that one will come, as they’re in the middle of the franchise’s longest skid since another 12-game losing streak in 2002 — and they’re creeping closer to the team record of 17 set in 1962.

Kody Clemens dives safely into home to score the game-tying run in the seventh inning of the Mets’ 5-3 loss to the Twins on April 21, 2026 at Citi Field for their franchise-tying 12th consecutive loss. Robert Sabo for New York Post

“We’re all very aware of it,’’ Francisco Lindor said of the streak.

Lindor seemingly had the Mets on their way to a different outcome, hitting a three-run homer in the bottom of the third and Nolan McLean didn’t allow a base runner until the sixth inning.

But if we know anything about this Mets team, it’s that they simply don’t do easy victories.

Or, these days, they don’t do victories… at all.

Everything went downhill after the sixth, as the Mets got just one hit the rest of the way, the Twins rallied to tie the game in the seventh and went ahead in the ninth.

The new rock bottom for the season came as Williams, off to a horrendous start as closer in Queens, walked the first two batters he faced in the top of the ninth and they didn’t record an out when Kody Clemens bunted to first and Mark Vientos tried to get the force at third, but his throw was too late.

Two disgruntled Mets fans show their displeasure during the team’s loss to the Twins for their 12th consecutive defeat. Robert Sabo for New York Post

With the bases loaded and the infield in, Luke Keaschall hit a chopper through the left side of the infield to give the Twins the lead. 

Williams followed by walking Matt Wallner to force in a run, exiting to a loud chorus of boos.

Austin Warren entered and kept it close by incredibly striking out the next three batters, drawing several loud ovations.

Nolan McLean heads to the dugout after being taken out of the game in the seventh inning of the Mets’ loss to the Twins on April 21, 2026 at Citi Field. Robert Sabo for New York Post

But there was no rally in the bottom of the ninth.

“It’s tough, man,’’ Williams said. “I’ve never been a part of something like this. I think we just need to get the one win out of the way and I think everything else will take care of itself. But it’s obviously proving pretty difficult right now.”

McLean, who also took a no-hitter into the sixth inning against the Giants on April 3, remained perfect through the fifth before faltering in the sixth.

Wallner led off the inning by breaking McLean’s bid for perfection with a single to left.

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McLean then got Royce Lewis to fly to right and then whiffed Brooks Lee for the second out.

But Byron Buxton followed with a two-run shot to left on a 3-1 cutter to make it a one-run game.

McLean got out of the inning with the Mets still up by a run, but gave up the lead in the seventh thanks to a Clemens double and a base hit by Keaschall.

Devin Williams is taken out of the game during the ninth inning of the Mets’ loss to the Twins at Citi Field. Robert Sabo for New York Post

Following a visit to the mound, McLean allowed a hard-hit grounder up the middle to Wallner, but Lindor stabbed it and got the out at first to preserve the tie.

But not for long.

And the Mets are searching for answers, with Lindor knowing there’s only one way to change the course of the season: “By winning.”