Mets' Francisco Lindor owns up to mental mistakes in loss to Cardinals: 'I should have been better'
Francisco Lindor is one of the most sound players on the Mets roster, but he had a couple of mental lapses in Wednesday's loss to the Cardinals and called it inexcusable.
Mental lapses during a game can happen in the early season, but it's rare when it happens to a veteran whose known for his sound play. That's what happened to Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor on Wednesday. In an afternoon bereft of offense and timely hitting, Lindor's mental lapses stood out.
In the first, Lindor handled a groundball that was perfect to turn an inning-ending double play. However, Lindor calmly jogged to second base for the out and turned to the dugout. Lindor forgot how many outs there were, pushing starter Freddy Peralta to throw five more pitches.
"The groundball, is the one that’s no excuses," manager Carlos Mendoza said of the mistake. "He’ll be the first one that tells you that. " And Lindor did, telling the media after the 2-1 extra-innings loss that he simply forgot how many outs there were.
"I made a mistake that probably cost Perlata to go an extra inning because he had to throw more pitches after that," Lindor said. "Inexcusable. He probably could have gone six, maybe seven.