He leaned heavily on his cutter against a lefty-stacked Dodgers lineup, opting not to throw a single fastball. “I can’t really rely on a single pitch,” Blackburn explained postgame ( via SNY ). He struck out Shohei Ohtani twice and ended a fifth-inning threat by inducing a groundout with the tying runs on base—an exclamation point on a comeback performance that energized the Mets clubhouse.

Francisco Lindor home runs are the gift that keeps on giving for the New York Mets, who are on a roll of late.

Francisco Lindor went deep and the Mets won per usual, a wild assisted catch for Detroit, Mike Trout has another big game and more from Monday's MLB action.