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Maybe it’s the heat, maybe it’s the feeling of playoffs on the horizon, maybe it’s just the Subway Series.

The stars took over. And the largest one shined as bright as his smile. Francisco Lindor finally had his signature moment. He became a New York Mets hero with three home runs off the Yankees to secure the Subway Series title for Queens.

The summer classic between the two New York teams was finalized with high emotions among the league’s largest stars. In all the Mets would come away victorious 7-6.

Lindor silenced the Yankees fans and dugout. After a bases-clearing incident in the top of the seventh involving him and Giancarlo Stanton, he had his turn for revenge in the bottom of the eighth. Lindor seized the moment. Clearing the fences for the third time of the night to break a 6-6 tie. Citi Field erupted.

“Coming up to the box, I did want to hit a home run,” Lindor said.

But the Mets wouldn’t have had the chance to take the lead if not for Lindor’s other two home runs. He finished with five RBI. He made a trip around the bases in both the second and sixth innings with a three-run home run and a solo shot, respectively.

While taking the turn toward home in the sixth he whistled toward the Yankees dugout. A reference to an incident in Saturday’s game where the Mets believed the Yankees were tipping batters to Taijuan Walker‘s pitches with different whistles.

Stanton homered in the top of the seventh to tie the teams at 6. During his trot he paused near second base to say a few words to Lindor. Benches cleared. Sides were warned. Lindor became the king of Queens.

It wasn’t an easy path to the finish line. Edwin Diaz had difficulty finding the strike zone. He struck out Rougned Odor, then allowed a single to DJ LeMahieu, and followed by walking Anthony Rizzo on four pitches.

Diaz regained some control against Brett Gardner. He flashed a double thumbs down to Lindor and Javier Baez when benches cleared. His on-field response was striking out to Diaz.

Now Stanton was up with two outs and two runners on. He went down 0-2 on two foul-tipped fastballs. Diaz missed high with the third. The fourth was a passed ball, advancing the runners and moving the count to 2-2.

The fifth fastball ran high and in. Stanton swung. The ball launched high in the air off the bat, but this time it would fall right into Lindor’s glove.

The Mets took the Subway Series four games to two.

“A New Yorker? I don’t have the accent yet,” Lindor said. “I feel like I’m a Mets player. I’ve been feeling like that for a while. I love the city. I live in the city and I love it.”

Within the game, Carlos Carrasco completed five innings allowing two runs and striking out five. His struggles in the first inning continued with both runs coming then.

The Yankees scored runs off three Mets relievers, Jeurys Familia, Miguel Castro, and Brad Hand. Hand allowed the two-run homer to Stanton in the seventh with two outs. With the base open at first, he could’ve understandably walked the Yankee slugger to face Joey Gallo instead.

Baez and Jeff McNeil each finished with two hits. Michael Conforto and James McCann drove in the two non-Lindor RBIs.

The Mets are back to .500 at 72-72.

Player of the game: Francisco Lindor

In no surprise, the player of the game goes to the shortstop. One of the best individual efforts by a Met in a long time he’ll surely be greeted with boos in Yankee Stadium. And as Reggie Jackson said, “fans don’t boo nobodies.”