Sunday night’s game between the Mets and Yankees turned into much more than a Subway Series rivalry. Francisco Lindor stole the spotlight with three home runs, including the game-winner in the bottom of the eighth, but the real drama unfolded around some strange accusations. Lindor and Jonathan Villar believed the Yankees were using whistles from the dugout to signal tipped pitches during Taiwan Walker’s outing the night before. Lindor made sure everyone knew it, gesturing and chirping at Yankee pitcher Wandy Peralta after his sixth inning homer. Peralta responded with a confused wave, while Lindor kept telling him to quit whistling.
Things escalated in the seventh when Giancarlo Stanton tied the game with a two-run homer and shouted back at Lindor while rounding the bases. Lindor and Baez responded from the dugout, and benches cleared, though nothing major happened beyond some animated commentary. The clip shows players like Aaron Judge and Gio Urshela just standing around wondering what was going on. Lindor had the last word with his third home run of the night, silencing the Yankees and sealing the win.
The swirling question: were the Yankees whistling to signal pitches? The video dives deep, analyzing Taiwan Walker’s second inning frame by frame, tracking whistles before certain pitches. Some seemed to match up, others didn’t. The whistle theory had just enough smoke to fuel Lindor’s fire, but not enough to prove anything. With constant crowd noise and random whistles, nothing felt conclusive. The whole episode became a chaotic back-and-forth, capped off by big swings and even bigger reactions. No proof of cheating, but plenty of bad blood and petty moments to refuel the rivalry.