Francisco Lindor was 21 games into his major league career in July 2015 and found himself hitting .205 with an OPS of just .492 with Cleveland. The eighth overall pick in the MLB draft in 2011, less than a month after getting called up, wasn't sure what his future would be — or if it would include a trip back to the minors. But it was right around that time, Lindor said Friday, that his manager, Terry Francona, had a talk with the 21-year-old that “changed everything.” “I was struggling and one day Francona opened the door in the clubhouse one day and said, 'You ain't going anywhere,'” Lindor recalled. “He said, 'You're going to be hitting second every single day. Go get 'em.' That turned my
Batting fifth and in the designated hitter spot, J.D. Martinez went 2-for-4, with a single and RBI double in his Mets debut, but it wasn’t enough in a 4-2 loss.
St. Louis Cardinals (11-14, fifth in the NL Central) vs. New York Mets (13-11, third in the NL East) New York; Friday, 7:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Cardinals: Miles Mikolas (1-3, 6.49 ERA, 1.52 WHIP, 20 strikeouts); Mets: Jose Butto (0-0, 1.65 ERA, 1.04 WHIP, 21 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK : LINE Mets -130, Cardinals +108; over/under is 8 runs BOTTOM LINE: The New York Mets take on the St. Louis Cardinals after Francisco Lindor's four-hit game on Wednesday. New York has a 13-11 record overall and a 6-6 record at home. The Mets are 9-4 in games when they out-hit their opponents. St. Louis has a 6-7 record in road games and an 11-14 record overall. The Cardinals are 2-4 in games decided
No | Player | P |
---|---|---|
70 | P | |
30 | P | |
39 | P | |
75 | P | |
35 | P | |
52 | P | |
59 | P | |
38 | P | |
0 | P | |
23 | P | |
62 | P | |
25 | P | |
71 | P | |
34 | P | |
40 | P | |
33 | P | |
91 | P |
No | Player | P |
---|---|---|
4 | C | |
2 | C | |
3 | C |
No | Player | P |
---|---|---|
20 | 1B | |
22 | 3B | |
12 | SS | |
10 | SS | |
1 | 2B | |
13 | SS |
No | Player | P |
---|---|---|
44 | CF | |
6 | RF | |
9 | LF | |
29 | RF | |
15 | RF |
No | Player | P |
---|---|---|
28 | DH |