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Francisco Lindor finally snapped out of an early-season slump in the Mets' win over the Reds on Sunday amid disturbing threats sent to his wife, Katia, and owner Steve Cohen calling for fans to show support.   

The 30-year-old shortstop, who's playing his fourth MLB season with the Queens-based ballclub, had two hits and scored two runs to lead the visiting Mets to a 3-1 win over Cincinnati in the rubber game of a three-game series on the last day of this past weekend.

The Mets won their first series of the season while the Reds dropped a series for the first time.

Lindor, who entered Sunday with just one single in his first 31 at-bats, doubled with one out in the first against Andrew Abbott (0-1) and raced home two batters later, when Santiago Espinal threw away a potential inning-ending grounder by Francisco Alvarez. His drought at bat this season was the third-longest hitless streak of his career, but Lindor felt like a breakthrough was coming. The last time he homered with two outs in the fourth for his first round-tripper was on Sept. 30 of last year.

'Guess I felt like I've had good at-bats,' Lindor, who ended an 0-for-24 skid said. 'The day before I had good at-bats. It's just one of those things where they just need to go through. As soon as I hit the ball, I put my head down. I kind of looked up, and it was like, ''Thank God''. It felt good to contribute and help the team win.'