Pete Alonso and Jared Young each hit a two-run homer in the first inning, and the New York Mets defeated the Chicago White Sox 6-4 for their fourth consecutive comeback victory.

Come to Citi Field for the Mets, stay for the lesson on MLB’s obscure rules. The Mets’ weekend series against the Los Angeles Dodgers was punctuated by two of MLB’s more rarely seen rules that came into play in the series opener.

The Mets did what they ought Tuesday night, beating the White Sox, 6-4 at Citi Field, for their fourth win in a row. The White Sox are now 21-games under .500 and not the worst team in baseball solely because we live in a world where the exercise in futility known as the Colorado Rockies exists.