“There’s always pressure,” Lindor said. “Pressure is a blessing. I would be lying to you if I said, ‘Yeah, I have no pressure.’ We have pressure. Playing the game in this type of environment, playing the game this late in the year, there is pressure. You just have to stay within yourself and go out there and try to execute.”
Lindor became the sixth Met to homer leading off a playoff game, joining Curtis Granderson (2015 WS, G5), José Reyes (2006 NLCS, G6), Lenny Dykstra (1986 WS, G3), Wayne Garrett (1973 WS, G3) and Tommie Agee (1969 WS, G3).