Shohei Ohtani pulverized the Mets during last year’s NLCS.

So did Mookie Betts.

That star-powered pair delivered run-scoring hit after run-scoring hit last October as their Los Angeles Dodgers eliminated the Mets in six games to advance to the World Series.

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They were particularly dominant during the series’ three games at Citi Field.

But this weekend’s rematch in Queens couldn’t be going more differently.

Through the first two games of the three-game set, Ohtani and Betts are a combined 2-for-18 with five strikeouts and two walks.

Add in the 0-for-7 from Freddie Freeman — the Dodgers’ other middle-of-the-order former MVP — and Los Angeles’ big three is 2-for-25 (.080) with four walks and without an extra-base hit or RBI thus far.

Saturday night’s 5-2 win by the Mets was particularly rough for Ohtani, who went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts, all against left-handed starter David Peterson.

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“I think he made him look human,” Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said.

Peterson threw 18 pitches to the lefty-swinging Ohtani over those four at-bats but did not offer him one four-seam fastball.

Instead, Peterson kept Ohtani off-balance with sinkers and off-speed pitches. He finished off all three of the swinging strikeouts with sliders.

It was the first three-strikeout game in over a month for Ohtani, the reigning National League MVP who entered Saturday hitting .302 with 17 home runs. Only the Yankees’ Aaron Judge, with 18, had hit more homers among MLB batters.

Saturday’s tough night followed a 1-for-5 outing by Ohtani in Friday night’s opener, which the Dodgers won, 7-5, in 13 innings.

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Betts went 0-for-5 in Friday’s win, then went for 1-for-4 on Saturday.

He represented the tying run in the top of the eighth, but Mets closer Edwin Diaz struck him out looking with a 97-mph fastball to end the inning.

Freeman, meanwhile, followed Friday’s three-strikeout performance with an 0-for-4 effort on Saturday.

In last year’s NLCS, Ohtani hit .364 with two home runs, six RBI, nine walks and a 1.185 OPS. He was 4-for-11 — including both homers — at Citi Field.

Betts hit .346 with two homers, nine RBI and a 1.182 OPS during the NLCS. He was 6-for-16 in the three games in Queens.

Freeman was only 3-for-18 in that playoff series, but he sat out of two of the games with a badly sprained right ankle that he suffered toward the end of the regular season.

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The lefty-swinging Freeman entered Saturday with a .361 average, good for second among MLB hitters, behind only Judge.

Peterson, who allowed four runs in six innings over two appearances in the NLCS, held lefty batters to a .195 average and 12 strikeouts in 41 at-bats this year going into Saturday’s start.

He limited the Dodgers to two runs in 7.2 innings.

All three of this weekend’s Mets-Dodgers games are nationally televised in a nod to the series’ immense star power.

The Mets’ big three of Francisco Lindor, Juan Soto and Pete Alonso were a combined 0-for-12 in Friday’s loss. But Soto broke out Saturday, going 2-for-5 with a two-run double in the win.