Francisco Lindor’s walk-off hit gives Mets thrilling win over Cubs after Starling Marte heroics

Francisco Lindor’s flu-like symptoms disappeared enough Wednesday for a Mets celebration.

There was Lindor raising his arms at second base after slapping a game-winning, two-run double in the Mets’ 7-6 victory over the Cubs in 11 innings at Citi Field.

Lindor, who entered the game as a pinch-hitter, finished the day with four RBIs in helping the Mets get a split in the four-game series.

Harrison Bader was hit by a pitch before Lindor delivered, scoring the automatic runner in addition to Bader.

This game had a little of everything, including Starling Marte throwing out runners at the plate in the 10^th and 11^th innings to give the Mets a chance.

Danny Young, in his Mets debut, allowed an RBI double to Nick Madrigal in the top of the inning, but Marte threw him out at the plate for the final out to keep the deficit at one.

In the top of the 10^th inning Edwin Diaz escaped with an assist from Marte, who threw a strike to Omar Narvaez to nail Christopher Morel on a tag-up play at third base.

A night earlier, the Mets lost on a play at the plate, when Pete Alonso was thrown out on a tag-up play (on which it was ruled Miguel Amaya wasn’t in violation of MLB’s rule against blocking the plate).

With the go-ahead run at third base in the ninth, Diaz struck out Morel (who beat him with a two-run homer Monday) to keep it 5-5.

Reed Garrett began the inning by walking Nico Hoerner, who stole second.

Adrian Houser’s afternoon unraveled in the fifth, when he surrendered a three-run homer to Morel.

The right-hander allowed four earned runs on four hits and four walks with two strikeouts over 82 pitches and saw his ERA from 8.37 to 8.16.

Joey Wendle, playing shortstop a day after Lindor departed with flu-like symptoms, was slow in his fielder’s choice attempt at second on Nick Madrigal’s grounder in the second, extending the inning before the Cubs took a 1-0 lead on Pete Crow-Armstrong’s RBI ground out.

Morel’s three-run homer against Houser in the fifth sank the Mets into a 4-0 hole.

Hoerner walked to begin the rally and Ian Happ singled, ahead of a double steal. Morel cleared the left-field fence for his second homer in the series – his blast Monday in the ninth inning against Diaz gave the Cubs their margin of victory.