New York Mets fans came by the busload to support their struggling superstar Matt Harvey on Tuesday night. At first pitch, section 140 was the loudest section in the ballpark as Mets fans cheered and chanted for their starting pitcher.

The support seemed to be helping Harvey as it appeared he had finally found something against the Washington Nationals. He opened with three straight scoreless innings and his fastball was touching 96 after sitting in the low 90s in his previous couple of starts. Then, as it has happened all season long, the wheels fell off in the fourth inning.

Following a home run in the top of the fourth by Asdrubal Cabrera to give the Mets a 1-0 lead, Harvey gave up back-to-back home runs to Ryan Zimmerman and Anthony Rendon in the bottom half. He would go on to allow a sacrifice fly by Bryce Harper and a two-run homer by former teammate Daniel Murphy in the bottom of the fifth and his promising start was suddenly over after five innings and allowing five runs.

Instead of standing up and owning his poor performance, Harvey skipped out of the clubhouse without speaking to reporters following the game. The least he could’ve done was thank those Mets fans who made the trek down from Long Island and New York City to provide support for him. Instead, Harvey left without a word and the organization is now left with a big decision surrounding their ace who is now sporting a 6.08 ERA.

“Right now we’ve got to think what’s not just best for Matt, but what’s best for us moving forward at the moment,” Mets manager Terry Collins said. “There’s a lot of things to consider. That’s why we’re not going to make any rash judgments tonight. We’re going to sleep on it and talk about it tomorrow.”

There are really only three options for the Mets: skip Harvey’s next start and give him time to work on some things, move him to the bullpen temporarily or send him down to the minor leagues to let him get away from the pressures and scrutiny and really be able to focus on fixing things. I guess they could also choose to let him fight through it at the major league level, but that would seem to be a mistake at this point.

Expect to hear something from the Mets in the coming days. Any way you slice it, it’s not good for the defending National League Champions.