Francisco Lindor saves the day with clutch pinch-hit double to lift Mets over Rockies in thriller
NY Post
DENVER — Just when another night of anguish with RISP could have spelled R.I.P for the Mets, a wounded star came to the rescue.
Francisco Lindor cast aside the team’s ugly performance with runners in scoring position by delivering a pinch-hit, two-run double in the ninth inning that provided the margin of victory in a 4-2 win over the Rockies at Coors Field on Friday night.
Lindor, who missed a second straight start after suffering a broken right pinky toe in Los Angeles, emerged from the dugout with two outs in the ninth and smashed a shot to right field that brought in Juan Soto and Pete Alonso.
“I just wanted to play,” Lindor said after the Mets won for the sixth time in eight games and survived a 2-for-15 performance with runners in scoring position. “It would have been nice if I didn’t play because that would have meant the [team] was up. But it was cool that I got to play and feel like part of the team.”
Manager Carlos Mendoza said he knew after watching Lindor take swings in the batting cage before the game that the Mets had a “bullet” for the late innings if needed.
And before the ninth inning started, Mendoza told Lindor to be ready if Tyrone Taylor’s spot in the batting order arose.
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