Francisco Lindor homered off Ryan Fernandez leading off the ninth inning, and the New York Mets survived a late blown lead to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-4 on Friday night. Brendan Donovan had homered off Huascar Brazobán (1-0) starting the the top of the ninth,

After the St. Louis Cardinals tied the score at 4-4 in the top of the ninth inning, Lindor stepped up to the plate as the first Mets hitter in the bottom of the frame. He made sure no one was going to hit behind him, as he hit a monster walk-off home run off of Cardinals reliever Ryan Fernandez.

Mark Vientos hit his first homer of the season to spark a four-run second inning, and the New York Mets beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-1 in the opener of a four-game series.