If a Mets player threw a punch and landed it during an eighth inning shouting match with the Brewers on Friday it would have equaled the team’s hit total for the day.

Simply, the Mets got overmatched by Freddy Peralta and the Brewers bullpen, falling silent in a 3-1 Opening Day loss before a Citi Field sellout crowd of 42,137.

Starling Marte’s second-inning homer provided hope for the afternoon.

It turned out to be the Mets’ only hit.

Masters of Opening Day, the Mets lost their first opener since 2019 in Washington.

Benches emptied in the eighth after Rhys Hoskins spiked Jeff McNeil on a late slide into second base.

The two teams barked at each other  — and Hoskins gestured crying eyes toward McNeil  — but order was restored without punches thrown.

Bad blood between the Mets and Hoskins dates to 2019 when Hoskins, then with the Phillies, took 33 seconds to round the bases on his home run trot after Jacob Rhame had thrown behind him earlier.