NEW YORK —
A stiff breeze with gusts up to 16 mph blew from left field to right field in chilly Citi Field Wednesday night, knocking down a pair of Francisco Lindor drives that died on the warning track in center field in the first inning and left field in the fifth, and a 388-foot Mark Vientos drive that fizzled at the center-field wall in the fifth.
So even though Dodgers utility man Kiké Hernández felt like he barreled up an 88-mph cut-fastball from New York Mets reliever Reed Garrett in the top of the sixth, sending a high-arcing drive to deep left field, there was no guarantee that what looked like a sure home run off his bat would leave the yard.