Lindor's 250th career homer sinks Cardinals 5-4

Francisco Lindor’s home run, the 250th of his major league career, lifted the New York Mets over the St. Louis Cardinals 5-4 on Friday night and sent smoke rising from the Home Run Apple in center field.

He started to watch the ball head toward the seats, then turned away and decided there was no reason to observe the remainder of its parabolic journey.

“I kept my face in the dugout with the guys,” Lindor said. “I don’t even know where the ball landed. I knew it was going to be a home run.”

New York overcame deficits of 2-0 in the fifth and 3-2 in the sixth, then took a 4-3 lead on Luis Torrens’ RBI double in the eighth.

Lindor became the 254th player with 250 homers and just the fifth to hit that amount primarily as a shortstop. 

“That’s as tough a one-two-three as you’re going to see just about anywhere in the league,” Cardinals starting pitcher Miles Mikolas said, referring to the top of the Mets' order of Lindor, Juan Soto and Pete Alonso. Mikolas allowed a tying RBI single in the fifth to Soto, who had been in a 3-for-31 slide. 


(AP Photo Frank Franklin II)