Francisco Lindor led off the bottom of the ninth with a long home run for the New York Mets, who came back to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-4 on Friday night.

St. Louis Cardinals second baseman Brendan Donovan hit a game-tying home run in the top of the ninth inning off New York Mets reliever Huascar Brazobán that was topped in the bottom of the inning by something better for the home fans.

NEW YORK (AP) — 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.