The Mets faced the Marlins for the first time this season and took the series opener 10-4 behind the big bats of Francisco Lindor and Pete Alonso.
Before the game, Lindor’s wife surprised him with a visit from his mother who had never seen him play in Queens. Perhaps inspired by the visit, when he came up with two runners on in the first, he powered one over the wall to give the Mets an early 3-0 lead.
Fittingly, Carlos Carrasco was on the mound who pitched well earlier in the year when his dad got to see him pitch for the first time.