Francisco Lindor checked off his first RBI and home run in one fell swoop.
The Mets shortstop blasted a leadoff home run off Dodgers right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto to give the Amazin’s an early 1-0 lead on Tuesday night.
Not only did the homer break a drought for Lindor, but it marked the first time the Mets scored a run since the bottom of the seventh inning of Saturday’s loss to the A’s, breaking a scoreless stretch of 20 innings.
Lindor, a notoriously slow starter, was hitting .176 with a .541 OPS through his first 17 games this season.
“There’s always been pressure and I’ve always put a lot of pressure on myself, because I expect a lot of myself,” Lindor said Saturday. “It’s the same every single year.”
