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Francisco Lindor went 3-for-4 in Wednesday’s Mets loss to the Cubs, with an RBI and two runs scored. His three hits on Wednesday night included his first home run as a member of the New York Mets organization. It was a 386 foot, solo home run in the first inning off of Zach Davies who hung a fastball right over the plate for Lindor to connect on.

Up until Wednesday, Lindor had started slow offensively with a .522 OPS in his first 12 games with the Mets. The smile he gave when he reached second and the sigh of relief at the plate shows that Lindor was happy to get that first long ball.

In his post-game press conference, Lindor said all it takes is one swing to figure things out. “I got that one swing, and then after that I made some adjustments with Chili. It was just a matter of seeing pitchers,” said Lindor. He continued to elaborate on his offensive performance leading up to his 3-for-4 outing on Wednesday night, saying it’s going to happen for him as he continues to keep making adjustments.

Lindor credits one of the tunnel drills he did with Chili Davis to establish direction on his swing as a drill to help him stay through the ball.

While he had a strong offensive performance on Wednesday, Lindor had rough day defensively. “Personally, I don’t like how I’ve been playing defense the past couple days,” stated Lindor. “Learn from what’s happening and the mistakes.”

Speaking on his struggles Wednesday night, Lindor said after he dropped the ball on the ground ball error, the game sped up. He said the ball that went up the middle with McNeil he should’ve communicated better on. Lindor, in keeping with his leadership and positivity said it’s “great that it’s happening now. It’s not good that we are losing games. But now we are getting to know each other. I’d rather it happen now in spring training rather than in September when we are fighting for a playoff spot or in October.”

“We turn the page, because we have to in baseball… We remember it and learn from it… Good teams go through adversity and come out on top,” said Lindor after the Mets poor performance on Wednesday.