Francisco Lindor picked the perfect moment to hush the talk about his slump. In a ninth inning in which everything worked Thursday night, it was Lindor’s two-run homer off James Norwood that helped the Mets start believing. 

They scored five additional runs after that homer as they rallied with seven runs in the ninth inning to beat the Phillies 8-7 at Citizens Bank Park.

Lindor was 5-for-42 entering that at-bat, dating to April 25 in St. Louis.

“You guys love talking about numbers. I hate talking about numbers,”  the shortstop said. “I need every hit possible. I need every hot out there and I got it.”

After Sunday’s 6-4 win over the Royals, no team in the majors has a better record than the Yankees. 

“I know in years past, we kind of scuffled out of the gates in April and then all we’re trying to do is climb back and fight back,’’ Aaron Judge said. “Getting an early lead like this, we’ll try to maintain and grow it through the year is gonna be big for us — especially with the type of team we have and the division we’re in.” 

They’ve won nine straight games — and 11 of their last 12 — and the Royals became the third consecutive team the Yankees swept. 

All of that is impressive, but the Yankees figure to get a stiffer test in Toronto, when they open a three-game series against the second-place Blue Jays. The Yankees have a 1 ½-game lead on Toronto. 

The Islanders season, which sputtered along coughing up plumes of smoke like a broken-down engine, finally came to an end with a 6-4 loss to the Lightning. Six months ago, they were envisioning the Stanley Cup.

They finish with a 37-35-10 record, and you wouldn’t blame them for being a little bit relieved that it’s over. 

“It’s a part of this group’s journey or story or whatever you want to call it,” Anders Lee said. “It’s part of our way to get where we want to go. It’s not going to be as linear as maybe we wanted it to be and expected it to be. Now it’s time to regroup.”