The Mets are closing in on a visit to the NLCS.
Within the backside of the sixth inning of Recreation 4 of the ALDS towards the NL East-champion Phillies, Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor gave New York a 4-1 lead with a grand slam off reliever Carlos Estevez.
Lindor drove the 99 mph fastball left over the guts of the plate to deep right-center area.
Per Baseball Savant, the house run left his bat with an exit velocity of 109.5 mph and went 398 toes.
The four-time All-Star with the Guardians is in his fourth season with the Mets. He had arguably his greatest season with the franchise in 2024, hitting .273 with a .344 on-base proportion and .500 slugging proportion. He had 33 dwelling runs and 73 whole extra-base hits in 152 video games.
New York (89-73) entered Wednesday’s sport a win away from transferring on to the NLCS. And with Lindor’s grand slam, it is only some outs away from advancing to the Nationwide League Championship Collection for the primary time since 2015.
Within the eighth inning, the Mets lead 4-1. According to ESPN’s win probability chart, New York has a 97.8 % probability of profitable.
