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Francisco Lindor’s poetic series-clinching slam for Mets soars into October history

NEW YORK — Every October legend needs a legendary October moment. For Francisco Lindor, this was that moment.

It’s amazing to try to comprehend what one swing of the bat can do — the stories it can write, the memories it can make, the reputations it can seal. But we saw all of that happen Wednesday night at Citi Field.

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We saw Lindor send a baseball floating through the Queens sky. And when it came down, nothing would be the same.

There would be no NLDS Game 5 on Friday in Philadelphia, because Lindor’s grandstand-rattling sixth-inning grand slam was going to finish off this series, by providing all four runs in a 4-1 Mets win for the ages.