The Mets-Dodgers series has become more volatile as the pressure mounts

LOS ANGELES – Is the unrest between the Mets and Dodgers that crept up on Friday over?

“We’ll see,” Francisco Alvarez said Saturday during a practice at Dodger Stadium. “We’ll see what the next step is.”

Alvarez was in the middle of an incident in Game 5.

Los Angeles' Andy Pages hit a home run in the fourth inning that cut the Mets' lead to 8-2, and Pages watched it go.

He took four steps, tossed his bat, and then began a slow trot around the bases.

When he crossed home plate, Alvarez was waiting for him.

“I just said, 'Run the bases,'” Alvarez recalled before Game 6 on Sunday.

In response, Pages said a few words to Alvarez and put his finger to his lips Psst Alvarez.

David Peterson also seemed to have a few words for Max Muncy when the two connected on first base after a groundout in the fourth inning. As is often the case when two teams compete against each other repeatedly with such missions, the intensity has increased.

“The last thing you want to do is try to create something unnecessary on the field,” coach Carlos Mendoza said Saturday, speaking generally about the disputes. “They compete. We know that everything is a matter of life and death. And they are competitors. And sometimes players show their feelings.

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“But the last thing you want to do is wake up a team. That's not us. We’re going to keep playing our game, and we’re not here to try to create.”

It's also possible that the scuffle woke up Alvarez, who is playing with emotions. After a rough start to his postseason — a .167 average and .377 OPS through the first 11 games — the 22-year-old catcher went 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI single on Friday.

Does he enjoy this kind of heated back-and-forth with another team?

“I love this,” Alvarez said.