NEW YORK — Jorge López was cut by the struggling New York Mets one day after the reliever threw his glove into the stands following his ejection, a move made to send a message to the rest of the team that petulant behavior will not be tolerated.

“We have standards here,” Mets Manager Carlos Mendoza said before Thursday’s series opener against Arizona. “When you’re not playing well, guys will show emotions. There’s frustrations, but there’s a fine line and yesterday went over that line.”

Mendoza would not specify whether the decision was made over López’s behavior or the behavior coupled with the pitcher’s postgame interview. López said: “I don’t regret it. I think I’ve been looking (like) the worst teammate probably in the whole … MLB” interjecting a profanity.

New York also recalled left-handed pitcher Danny Young from Triple-A Syracuse before a series opener against NL champion Arizona. The Mets have seven days to trade or release López, or to assign him outright to the minors if he goes unclaimed.

López spent time on the 15-day injured list with the Minnesota Twins last summer to address his mental health after acting out frustration during mound struggles.

Mendoza said the decision Thursday was not made because of on-field performance.

“He was always available,” the manager said.

New York began Thursday 22-33, and Mendoza said the decision was made to send a message to players, who held a team meeting after Wednesday’s defeat.

“I’m talking about standards, right,” he said. “There’s going to be times where you want to see frustration for players, but there’s a fine line and … behaviors like that we’re not going tolerate.”

López gave up a two-run homer to Shohei Ohtani late in a 10-3 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Moments later, the right-hander was ejected for shouting at third base umpire Ramon De Jesus over an appeal ruling on Freddie Freeman’s checked swing.

“It’s just emotions. The game, it just takes you there,” López said.

López pointed at De Jesus and yelled some more, then dropped the ball and walked off the mound with his jersey untucked. As he approached the Mets’ dugout, he tossed his glove high over the protective netting and it landed a couple of rows deep in the stands, where it was snagged by a fan.

After his cap fell off his head as well, López left it laying in the dirt in front of the dugout and headed for the bench.

•  Mets star Pete Alonso appeared to escape injury after getting hit on the right hand by a 93 mph fastball from Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher James Paxton.

Alonso was hit on the middle knuckle Wednesday and left the game. He said an X-ray and bone scan on Wednesday night and an MRI on Thursday didn’t detect any breaks.

YANKEES: Pitcher Clarke Schmidt will be sidelined indefinitely due to a right lat strain.

The right-hander was placed on the 15-day injured list; the move is retroactive to Monday.

Manager Aaron Boone said that Schmidt will not throw for four-to-six weeks and it might take another four-to-six weeks after that to build himself up before returning to the rotation.

Schmidt had an MRI on Wednesday and had an appointment with Dr. Neal ElAttrache on Thursday in Los Angeles.

The right-hander is 5-3 and ninth in the AL with a 2.52 ERA. He has been part of the starting staff’s MLB-record run to 16 straight games in which they have gone at least five innings and allowed two runs or fewer.

Cody Morris was called up from Triple-A Scranton-Wilkes Barre to fill Schmidt’s spot. However, Cody Poteet will start Saturday at San Francisco. .

CUBS: Outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong is back in the majors after going on a tear during a brief minor league assignment.

The Cubs announced before their game with the Milwaukee Brewers that they had recalled Crow-Armstrong and optioned infielder Luis Vázquez to Triple-A Iowa.

Crow-Armstrong, 22, is regarded as an outstanding defender and one of the Cubs’ top prospects. He has batted .236 with a .295 on-base percentage, one homer, nine RBI and five steals in 23 games with Chicago this season.

After getting sent to the minors, Crow-Armstrong heated up at Iowa. He was named the International League player of the week for the period of May 21-26 after going 12 of 27 with three homers, 10 runs, four doubles, seven RBI and five steals during a six-game series with Indianapolis.

THURSDAY’S GAMES

BREWERS 6, CUBS 4: Gary Sánchez hit a tie-breaking two-run homer with two outs in the eighth inning and Milwaukee won at home.

The NL Central-leading Brewers won 3 of 4 games against Chicago in a series that marked Cubs Manager Craig Counsell’s return to American Family Field.

Counsell, the winningest manager in Brewers history, was showered with boos every time he left the dugout this week.

TWINS 7, ROYALS 6: Ryan Jeffers homered twice and Carlos Correa added a two-out, bases-clearing triple in the sixth inning as Minnesota rallied from a four-run deficit to beat visiting Kansas City.

RAYS 6, ATHLETICS 5: Jose Siri tied the game in the ninth with a home run and Richie Palacios hit an RBI single in the 12th to give Tampa Bay  a win at home.

ASTROS 4, MARINERS 0: Spencer Arrighetti allowed two hits over six shutout innings to help Houston win at Seattle, avoiding a four-game series sweep.

Alex Bregman hit a two-run homer in the fourth against Mariners starter Logan Gilbert (3-3). Kyle Tucker led off the inning with a single and Bregman put Houston up by a pair of runs with the shot that barely cleared the left-field wall.

Bregman added a triple in the sixth inning that just escaped the grasp of a leaping Julio Rodríguez in center field, and scored on a ground ball to second base from Victor Caratini to give Houston a four-run lead.

NATIONALS 3, BRAVES 1: Trevor Williams combined with four relievers on a five-hitter as visiting Washington beat Atlanta for its first four-game series win over the Braves since 2016.

Williams (5-0) gave up only four hits and one run in 5 2/3 innings. It marked the seventh start in his last eight outings he has allowed no more than one earned run. The right-hander lowered his ERA to 2.22.