With Homers and Accusations, Lindor Gives Subway Series a Big Finish

With Homers and Accusations, Lindor Gives Subway Series a Big Finish

The New York Times-Sports·2021-09-17 06:03

Three home runs by Francisco Lindor of the Mets, including a go-ahead shot in the eighth inning, would seem to be enough to qualify as a memorable Subway Series game.

But all anyone was talking about afterward was whistling.

As Lindor circled the bases after his second home run in the sixth inning, he made a whistling gesture as an allusion to accusations that the Yankees had been whistling in the dugout on Saturday to signal what pitches the Mets were throwing.

“I can’t accuse them of them whistling for the signs because I’m not 100 percent,” Lindor told reporters after the game. “But I know what I heard, and I felt like there was something out of the ordinary going on.”

Giancarlo Stanton of the Yankees tied the game at 6-6 with a homer of his own in the seventh. As he rounded second, he came nearly to a stop and jawed at Lindor, who was playing shortstop. This time, both benches cleared and even the relief corps came dutifully out of the bullpen. There was plenty of milling around and words were exchanged, but matters didn’t escalate to a full-scale brawl.

After the game, Stanton said he was prompted to say something by Lindor’s own vocal home run trot.

As to the accusations of pitch-tipping, Yankee Manager Aaron Boone said: “The last couple nights, we’ve just been loud over there. Not doing anything.”

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