New York – Francisco Lindor knew it. I didn’t have to look.
He turned on an internal cutter from Ryan Fernández who led the ninth entrance and sent the ball flying in the second Citi Field cover in the right garden, 401 feet away.
“I hit him with everything he had,” he said. “If that weren’t, I was going to run out of luck.”
Lindor’s home run, 250 of his career in the big leagues, raised the New York Mets about the St. Louis 5-4 cardinals on Friday night and sent smoke coming out of the homer of homer in the central garden.
He began to see the ball heading towards the seats, then turned and decided that there was no reason to observe the rest of his parabolic trip.
“I kept my face in the shelter with the boys,” said Lindor. “I don’t even know where the ball landed. I knew it was going to be a homer.”
New York exceeded the 2-0 deficits in the fifth and 3-2 in the sixth, then took a 4-3 advantage in the double RBI of Luis Torrens in the eighth. Mets exploded that advantage when Huascar Brashobán allowed Brendan Donovan to homroneee starting the upper part of the ninth, a journey from the back of the right missing post.
Brazobán struck Jordan Walker, Thomas Saggese and Pedro Pagés to mention Lindor, 31, a central piece of the Renaissance of the Mets that saw them reach the series of championships of the National League last year.
Lindor took a cutter who bounced and a quick ball for a strike, then was in the 1-1 launch for his first home run of Walk-Off with the Mets, the third of his career in the Major Leagues and first since 2018 with Cleveland.
“That is why he is an elite player and a special player, because the moment is never too big for him,” said the manager of the Mets, Carlos Mendoza. “He knows what is at stake and lives at that time and spent again today. Special player, special person.”
Lindor became the 254 player with 250 homers and the fifth to reach that amount mainly as a campocort. He was the first to reach the brand with a tour.
“There are many things that define it, not only moments like this,” said Mendoza. “As soon as it reaches the stadium, it is impacting people positively, only their presence, their interactions, the way it pushes people, the way it encourages people, and not only players, but the coaches, support staff, to all in this building. Your presence, you could feel it every time it is close.”
New York built a formidable upper part of the order, signing Gardener Juan Soto to a $ 765 million record and a 15 -year contract and then Keep the first base Pete Alonso with a two -year contract of $ 54 million. The METS lead the NL EAST AR 13-7 and are 7-1 in Citi Field.
“That is as difficult, one and three as you will see almost anywhere in the league,” said the cardinal launcher, Miles Mikolas, after allowing a single RBI of tied in the fifth to Soto, who had been on a slide 3 by 31.
Acquired from Cleveland in January 2021 in the first major Mets movement after Steve Cohen bought the team, Lindor helped build a winning culture in a team that has not won the World Series since 1986.
“Obviously he has a lot of leadership in him and assumes that role really well,” said the Mets pitcher David Peterson. “It does not hurt to be the best game of the game.”
A four times All-Star, Lindor hit .273 with 33 homers and 91 races promoted last year, a favorite of fans that cause songs in Citi Field since then Adopting “My girl” by The Temptations as his walking song last May.
Lindor ended with the Mets another Walk-Off victory this season with a sacrifice fly against Toronto on April 5.
“I am not a great admirer of the teammates who only speak and do not do what they are supposed to do,” he said. “So I take it very personal. I take it very, too hard. If I speak, I say it seriously. I’m not only going to talk about good.”
When asked what was going through his mind when he surrounded the bases, Lindor recalled to have looked towards Saturday and a forecast of balmíndic conditions.
“We won. We can go home,” he said. “I ended with this cold climate.”
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