DENVER — The aspect of shock was probably on Francisco Lindor’s facet Saturday night time.
Lindor, again within the lineup after lacking two straight begins with a damaged proper pinky toe, not solely delivered a 3-for-5 efficiency in opposition to the Rockies however stole second base twice.
“I am sure no one expected me to go,” Lindor mentioned after the Mets’ 8-1 victory over the Rockies at Coors Discipline. “I took advantage of that and tried to make something happen.”
Lindor an evening earlier delivered a pinch-hit, two-run double within the ninth inning that offered the Mets with their margin of victory.
The sight of Lindor taking off twice for second base with a damaged toe hardly shocked supervisor Carlos Mendoza.
“He’s a player and he’s not going to back down,” Mendoza mentioned. “If he’s in the lineup he’s not going to use [the injury] as an excuse. He’s full go. We saw it right away. Two of them. Great job but we’re not surprised by it.”
Frankie Montas is scheduled to throw 80 pitches in a minor league rehab begin for Triple-A Syracuse on Sunday.
Mendoza indicated the right-hander, who’s rehabbing a torn lat, will want a minimum of one further begin earlier than he’s thought of for the Mets rotation.
Francisco Alvarez isn’t missing an excessive amount of within the hit column, however packing punch has been one other problem altogether.
The Mets catcher, who didn’t play as Luis Torrens began in Saturday’s night time win, has an anemic .299 slugging share, together with a stretch of 24 video games during which he had totaled simply two extra-base hits.
“I am going to drive the ball at some point,” Alvarez mentioned. “I feel good where I am.”
He’s in a 5-for-20 (.250) stretch over his final 5 video games.
Alvarez is awaiting the start of a daughter (the due date is Monday), so Hayden Senger joined the taxi squad in case Alvarez has to depart earlier than Sunday’s sequence finale.
