Francisco Lindor is off to a smashing start for a change, and he picked up right where he left off against the Philadelphia Phillies. The star shortstop stayed red-hot by homering twice and finishing with four RBIs as the New York Mets held off their NL East rivals 5-4 in the opener of a three-game series Monday night. New York extended its division lead to three games over Philadelphia in the first meeting between the teams since last October, when the Mets eliminated the Phillies from the playoffs with a 4-1 victory in Game 4 of their Division Series at Citi Field. Lindor delivered the knockout blow in that one with a sixth-inning grand slam.