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It was the Francisco Lindor show at Citi Field on Sunday evening.

Playing in front of another crowd of over 30,000 Met and Yankee fans, Lindor sent three pitches over the fence, two of which gave the Mets the lead. After trailing 2-1 after the first inning, Lindor put the Mets back on top with a three-run blast to right center.

A solo shot to center field in the sixth inning gave Lindor a multi-homer game, but he was not done yet.

“Coming up to the box, I did want to hit a home run,” Lindor said after the Mets 7-6 win.

On a 2-0 count, Lindor took a 96.5 mile per hour fastball from Chad Green and sent it to right center.

The homer, which put the Mets on top for good, sent Citi Field into pandemonium.

This was Francisco Lindor’s Mets moment.

“When I came out of the dugout and acknowledged [Mets fans], it was special for sure,” Lindor commented about his curtain call after the home run. “It was a cool moment in my career, especially being the Subway Series. It was a good day. I’m glad we ended up on top.”

The home run was especially noteworthy because of the sequence of events that led to Lindor up at-bat in the eighth inning. After Giancarlo Stanton yelled at Lindor as Stanton rounded the bases on his own home run, both teams’ benches cleared and warnings were issued by the umpires. From there, it almost seemed destined that Lindor would play hero later in the game.

Lindor said he took the Yankees dugout antics personally. So all Francisco did was hit one of the biggest home runs of his career, giving the Mets the lead, and giving Mets fans another reason to believe as the Mets head into a new series Monday, just three games out of a playoff spot.

After hitting .182 in April, Lindor now is batting .227 with 17 home runs. But none were larger than than his third homer on Sunday, cementing him in the Met record books.

The switch hitter made all kinds of history under the bright lights on Saturday. He became just the 11th Met to ever homer from both sides of the plate in the game.

For just the 14th time in Mets history, a player hit three home runs. Lindor becomes the first to do so since Robinson Cano on July 23, 2019.

He is only the second shortstop to reach the three-homer mark. The first Mets shortstop to achieve this feat was Jose Reyes on August 15, 2006.

Before yesterday, no player – Mets or Yankees – had ever hit three home runs in a Subway Series game. That dates back to 1997, so Lindor just set a record that had never happened in 24 years.

On June 19, Lindor connected for two home runs in a win against the Nationals. After this offensive showcase against the Yankees, he becomes just the third shortstop in Mets history to have multiple multi-home run games in the same season.

Lindor now has 10 career home runs against the Yankees, his most against any non-AL Central opponent.