Lindor is still hitting just .220 with eight home runs and 21 RBI through his first 63 games with the Mets, but Saturday served as a reminder of what the shortstop can provide when he’s at his best.
“Just kind of how when I don’t have success, is stay even keel, stay in the same line,” Lindor said.
Even with that history of sustained power, Lindor doesn’t view himself as a power hitter in the typical sense.
But while he turned on his second home run on Saturday by pulling it into the upper deck in right field, his first-inning blast went to the deepest part of the park in centerfield.
Outside of Lindor’s stellar first game, the rest of the Mets’ offense continued its struggle to generate anything significant.
“There’s ebbs and flows with every year, and this is just one of them,” first baseman Pete Alonso said.
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