CHICAGO — One night after hitting a go-ahead home run to complete a heroic comeback , Francisco Alvarez hit another. But there was no coming back from this one.

The unraveling started long before Alvarez took left-hander Matthew Boyd deep in the fifth inning. Jonah Tong was lit up in the third inning, surrendering four runs to get the hook before even getting an out. Eventually, the Mets lost 10-3, but not before using the two pitchers who were tentatively scheduled to pitch Saturday, and yet again, committing sloppy, fundamental errors.

The bullpen had to cover 21 outs, only 24 hours after having to get 23 in relief of David Peterson. The Mets called on right-hander Clay Holmes and left-hander Sean Manaea, two starters who have been making tandem starts as of late. Having both pitched

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