WATCH: Tom Hanks gets hyped as Francisco Lindor hits home run in star-studded Mets contest

Award-winning actor Tom Hanks was pumped up as New York Mets superstar Francisco Lindor hit a two-run home run in the second inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday. Wearing a blue Mets cap and holding a traditional baseball score sheet, Hanks stood up and screamed as Lindor smashed his sixth home run of the season.

Hanks is widely regarded as one of the biggest fans of the game amongst Hollywood celebrities. He has appeared in Guardians and Dodgers games in the past and has always carried his handy score sheet. When Lindor hit the two-run blast, he even made the hand signal for a home run similar to what umpires do.

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Several other celebrities were also present in the Mets' 8-3 win over the D'backs. Grammy-winning artist John Mayer threw out the ceremonial first pitch to Lindor.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Lauren Cohan from the hit TV series "The Walking Dead" were also present. Emmy awardee Judd Apatow, who was born in Flushing and is a big Mets fan, also attended the contest.

Mets dispatch D'backs for best record in MLB

The Mets dominated the contest against the D'backs to open their three-game series. New York was fresh off a 19-5 walloping of the Nationals and has now won eight of its last 10 games. They have a 21-9 record, the best across the league.

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Tyrone Taylor started off the scoring in the second inning with an RBI double that drove in Luisangel Acuna. Jose Acozar added an RBI single that brought home Taylor.

Lindor then got on the act with a two-run bomb that pushed the lead to four. Starling Marte and Pete Alonso then smashed home runs of their own as the team led 8-0 at the end of the fourth inning.

The D'backs tried to generate a comeback courtesy of Jorge Barrosa and Lourdes Gurriel, but their efforts were futile as the Mets won in dominant fashion at Citi Field.

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Daniel Santiago is a journalist who has been reporting on baseball at Sportskeeda since 2022. He was drawn towards the sport after the underlying statistics and the analysis surrounding it grabbed his attention.

Daniel particularly enjoys furnishing reports about historic events in baseball and analyzing the game through a statistic-based outlook, based on Fangraphs and Baseball-Reference. This is in line with how he enjoyed watching baseball as a pastime. As a writer, he is very particular about cross-checking from reputable sources and doing his due diligence.

He became a lifelong Hideki Matsui fan after his exploits in the 2009 World Series for the New York Yankees. Among the current generation, Daniel's favorites include Shohei Ohtani and Jung Hoo Lee. Daniel is a huge follower of Asian baseball and both Ohtani and Lee have been in the top echelon of their respective leagues during their time with the NPB and KBO.

His favorite moment as a baseball fan was the final at-bat of the 2023 World Baseball Classic between Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout. He believes there aren't many words to fittingly describe the intensity of the moment.

As an avid sports fan, Daniel watches other sports and Esports when not writing about baseball.

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