New York Daily News

Lindor snaps 0-for-26 slump with single

- BY DEESHA THOSAR

Francisco Lindor got the monkey off his back.

The shortstop snapped his 0-for26 slump with a two-out single to right field in the ninth inning of the Mets’ 4-1 win over the Cardinals on Thursday. Lindor’s teammates in the Mets dugout were noticeably happy for him as he took first base, raised his hands and wiggled his fingers at them in a tempered celebratio­n.

“As soon as I hit the ball, I was just hoping that nobody caught it,” Lindor said, laughing. “When it went through, there was a smile on my face and a little bit of my shoulders came down — I had them above my ears — they came down.”

Lindor drew three walks in addition to the single, his first hit since April 27, on Thursday.

“The swing looked more balanced, more connected today,” Luis Rojas said after the Mets’ 4-1 win. “He had a really good approach getting on base four times.”

Lindor said the “tip of the iceberg” for him arrived Wednesday in Game 1 of the Mets’ doublehead­er against St. Louis, when he committed a throwing error along with his 0-for-3 afternoon while batting leadoff. Nolan Arenado’s routine grounder to Lindor should’ve been the final out of the fifth inning. Instead, the defensive miscue extended the frame and the next batter,

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Francisco Lindor celebrates after singling against Cardinals in ninth inning.

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