{"id":77624,"date":"2025-07-09T08:09:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T08:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=77624"},"modified":"2025-07-09T08:09:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T08:09:13","slug":"mets-francisco-lindor-credits-unsung-hero-for-clutch-home-run-vs-orioles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=77624","title":{"rendered":"Mets&#8217; Francisco Lindor credits unsung hero for clutch home run vs. Orioles"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Mets-star-Francisco-Lindor-sports-a-big-smile-.jpg?w=1200\" alt=\"New York Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor (12) smiles during the game against the Houston Astros at Daikin Park.\" \/>+Francisco Lindor is the unofficial captain and fire-starter of the New York Mets, and he fully embodied both roles in Tuesday night&#8217;s 7-6 comeback victory over the home-team Baltimore Orioles. The All-Star shortstop mashed a clutch 425-foot home run in the eighth inning to cut a four-run deficit in half. Pete Alonso tied the game with his own two-run bomb and Juan Soto put the squad on top for good with an RBI single in the 10th.<\/p>\n<p>Fans watched all three members of the big three propel the Mets to a thrilling win, but it was Lindor&#8217;s blast that set the resurgence in motion. Or was it? The MVP runner-up himself credited another player for paving the way for the late-game heroics. He does not believe his homer would have even been possible if not for the resilient seven-pitch at-bat that Brandon Nimmo put together to lead off the eighth.<\/p>\n<p>The veteran left fielder muscled a single off relief pitcher Bryan Baker and allowed the big hitters behind him to get vital intel. Lindor expressed his gratitude after the game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe gave me the opportunity to see every pitch, literally,\u201d the four-time Silver Slugger and two-time Gold Glove winner told reporters, per SNY Mets. \u201cWith the way he was fouling the pitches off, I knew kind of what the pitch was doing. And that&#8217;s why I told him, \u2018you set that up.&#8217; That was a very professional at-bat. He did a fantastic job all day giving us information of what the ball is doing. So hats off to him.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Mets&#8217; top guys lean on each other in comeback win<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>New York received sterling pitching for the first stretch of the season before injuries and declining production enveloped the staff, but fans have known all along that this team&#8217;s identity is tied to the star-studded and highly lucrative top half of the batting order. Juan Soto, Pete Alonso and Francisco Lindor rightfully draw most of the adulation, but Brandon Nimmo is a valuable component of the lineup.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond his solid statistics, which include a .258 batting average, .473 slugging percentage, 18 home runs and 53 RBIs, the 32-year-old has tremendous grit. The Mets needed someone to spark momentum, and Nimmo did just that with a quality showing at the plate. Lindor and company capitalized, and the National League East-leading club (tied with the Philadelphia Phillies) rallied once again.<\/p>\n<p>With a potent combination of talent and tenacity, New York (53-39) is eying another magical October. Only this time, the Mets aim to finish the job. The team&#8217;s core will try to stay on the attack in Wednesday&#8217;s showdown with the Orioles (40-50).<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mets star shortstop Francisco Lindor shouts out a teammate after Tuesday night&#8217;s comeback victory vs. Orioles<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":77625,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2188,2066,23,1045],"class_list":["post-77624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","tag-brandon-nimmo","tag-francisco-lindor","tag-mlb","tag-new-york-mets"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mets&#039; Francisco Lindor credits unsung hero for clutch home run vs. Orioles - News 365<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=77624\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mets&#039; 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