Just as he has done all year, Francisco Lindor was the catalyst New York needed to even the series with the Dodgers.

The Dodgers opted to throw a bullpen game, starting right-hander Ryan Brasier, who was rudely greeted by four-time All-Star shortstop and likely NL MVP runner-up Francisco Lindor. On the eighth pitch of the at-bat, Lindor belted a Brasier cutter 395 feet over the right field fence at Dodger Stadium for a leadoff home run.

That can mean a host of things: fashioning a new pitch, steadying mechanics, out-scheming the opposition, solving for what the opponent is trying to do before they do it, and so on. It ought to go without writing that every player and every team has to make some kind of adjustments throughout the season.