Francisco Lindor showed a little extra emotion after his latest home run heroics. Lindor flipped his bat stylishly, then pumped his fist as he began his trek around the bases. The most underrated Mets superstar deserved every ounce of that mini celebration. His homers all seem like big ones. But this might be his biggest yet this wonderful year.
Lindor’s timely dinger settled the score for now in the Mother’s Day matchup between two impressive first-place, big-market combatants — statistically MLB’s best offensive club (Cubs) versus the best pitching club (Mets). He’d been doubly frustrated by a one-run loss the night before and a strikeout three innings earlier after he figured he was winning a “chess match” with tough Cubs starter Matthew Boyd.
It was in his very next at-bat that Lindor called checkmate like he’s done so often this year, sending Cubs reliever Porter Hodge’s 3-and-1 breaking ball over the right field fence — a series-winning tater before 41,673 on a beautiful day at Citi Field.
Lindor sent the Mets to a 6-2 victory that kept them on pace for 100-plus wins in a start that seems almost like a dream.
