CHICAGO — The wheels came off for Mickey Callaway and the Mets Sunday at Wrigley Field in so many ways.
First, the beleaguered manager stuck with reliever Seth Lugo for much too long. Lugo’s 42nd pitch, a poor slider, was deposited into the right-field bleachers by Javier Baez for a one-out, three-run home run in the eighth inning that lifted the Cubs to a 5-3 win over the Mets, their most excruciating loss of the year.
The Mets can’t blame Dave Eiland for this one. Management tried to pin the bullpen woes on Eiland, who was fired Thursday.