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It was a special and emotional night for Francisco Lindor and his family on Friday.

With his mom in attendance at Citi Field for the very first time, Lindor absolutely raked at the plate as his red hot bat combined with Pete Alonso to lead the Mets to a 10-4 win over the Miami Marlins.

It has been a difficult time for the Lindor family and for their patriarch in particular. After Francisco’s mother, Maria, suffered a head injury in 2020, she was unable to fly out to New York to watch her son in action.

However, that all changed on Friday night as Lindor’s wife, Katia, surprised him by bringing his mother to the ballpark for the first time.

It proved to be the extra motivation Lindor needed to deliver his best outing of June so far.

In what was the first of many momentum shifting, game-changing moments from the shortstop, Lindor got the Mets on the board in the bottom of the first inning with a three-run home run.

And the emotion was palpable as Lindor rounded the bases.

“I’m a person who shows a lot of emotions, but to run the bases and scream, there were a lot of things going through my mind at at that moment,” Lindor said. “To me, it was very special to be able to do that for the team and for my mom for sure.”

Lindor’s blast traveled 440 feet to center field with an exit velocity of 108.2 mph, and it snapped a 10-game streak without a home run in the month of June for the 28-year-old. It was just a special moment for the shortstop, a moment that even stirred up some emotion in Mets manager Buck Showalter who’s seen it all during his time in the game.

“This was a special night for Lindor,” Showalter said. “His mother’s here… she was just in the locker room. It was a pretty cool moment. She’s doing better health-wise, but it’s been tough for her to travel. I got emotional when he hit the home run and I could tell he was too. To see her son do that tonight, you could tell he had a little hop in his step.”

A hop in his step was right as Lindor enjoyed his best offensive surge of June. His four RBIs were one more than he had driven in in the rest of June combined.

However, it wasn’t just at the plate where Lindor dominated. No, the four-time All-Star had his fingerprints all over this game as he also excelled in the field. There’s a reason he’s a two-time Gold Glove winner and he could be on his way to winning a third if Friday is anything to go by.

The shortstop made a handful of incredible plays in the field, the highlight of which was a jaw-dropping play to snag a Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit with his backhand before quickly throwing to first to get the speedster out. Lindor’s ability to throw while on the run to get Miguel Rojas out in the sixth was also impressive.

“He made some great plays defensively and he’s on pace to drive in 110 runs,” Showalter said. “I understand the expectations, but he meets them with the type of person he is every day here with my dealings with him. Regardless of what he’s doing on the field, to have a moment like that with his mother here, you realize how lucky you are to be able to watch it.”

Lindor provided a real offensive spark as well as flashing his elite defensive chops on Friday, and he was delighted to deliver such a clutch performance with his beloved mum watching in the stands.

“It gave me the boost and the energy that I needed,” Lindor said. “I love my mum, I play for her and for my whole entire family and just having her here for the first time after what happened in 2020 just filled my heart. I’ve got to put on a great show for them, for my mum, and I’m blessed to have her in my life.

“Just to see her here in New York, it’s a dream. It’s a victory for my whole entire family.”