The night before he went AWOL from the Mets, pitcher Matt Harvey was partying into the wee hours at a Meatpacking District hot spot, sources told The Post.
The “Dark Knight” was celebrating a late Cinco de Mayo at 1Oak until 4 a.m. Saturday — just hours before he failed to show up for a game at Citi Field, reportedly because of a “migraine,” sources said.
Harvey — who makes $5.1 million and is 2-2 with a 5.14 ERA this season — rolled up on the velvet rope club “with his boys” at about 1 a.m. and settled into a private table, the sources said.
The star pitcher threw back a triple play of top-shelf booze, including Armand de Brignac “Ace of Spades” Champagne, Don Julio 1942 tequila and Belvedere vodka, witnesses said.
Harvey and his entourage kept to themselves until leaving the West 17th Street club, sources said.
What happened the rest of Saturday is the subject of debate — with MLB sources and Harvey’s camp spinning different versions.
Mets manager Terry Collins first noticed his pitcher’s absence as the Amazin’s took batting practice at Citi Field around 4:30 p.m., sources told The Post.
Harvey, 28, was not slated to pitch, but was still expected to be at the game, so Collins asked pitching coach Dan Warthen to telephone him. The coach got no answer, baseball sources said.
Later, Warthen got a text message from Harvey that said he had migraines and couldn’t make it to the ballpark. The text infuriated Collins, MLB sources said.
The Mets sent two security officials to Harvey’s Greenwich Village apartment at about 10 p.m. to check on him, sources said.
After the Mets beat the Miami Marlins on Saturday night, a still-fuming Collins met with COO Jeff Wilpon and general manager Sandy Alderson and they agreed to suspend Harvey for three days, sources told The Post.
They informed Harvey of the suspension Sunday when he reported to the stadium for his scheduled start.
Harvey’s account of Saturday’s events, as told to the website FanRag, painted a different picture.
Harvey insisted he felt fine Saturday morning and went golfing — even driving his foursome to and from the course, FanRag reported.
The pitcher said a private chef made him lunch, and after that he fell asleep, waking up with a migraine, the website reported.
But Harvey claimed he was the first to reach out, sending Warthen text messages between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m., telling him he wasn’t going to make it to Citi Field, according to his camp.
The pitcher’s side claimed team security officials knocked on his door at 10 p.m. and Harvey answered wearing pajamas.
But Harvey, according to FanRag, said the security men weren’t there to check on his well-being — they grilled him about his whereabouts on Saturday.
Harvey reported to Citi Field on Sunday morning and learned of his suspension, which will cost him $82,219.
Harvey is eligible to return Tuesday, but Collins said Harvey wouldn’t start again until Friday in Milwaukee.
Additional reporting by Mike Puma