Francisco Lindor had yet another remarkable moment in a season filled to the brim with them and, with it, punched the New York Mets’ ticket to the NLCS.

Trailing 1-0 with one out in the bottom of the sixth inning against Philadelphia Phillies closer Carlos Estevez, Lindor pulled a 99 mph four-seam fastball over the right-center field fence for a grand slam to jolt a tense Citi Field to bedlam and lift the Mets to a 4-1 victory over their NL East rivals in Game 4 of the NLDS and with it, a 3-games-to-1 series victory.

“This ranks pretty high,” Lindor said on how he compares the moment to other career accolades. “This is a home run that sent us to a big place, which is the National League Championship Series. It’s hard to rank them from one to 10, but it’s pretty high for sure.”

It is the first time since Game 5 of the 2000 NLCS that the Mets have won a postseason series at home — the first time ever that Citi Field has experienced a playoff series.

“It’s just amazing because nobody had us anywhere close to this moment,” manager Carlos Mendoza said. “For us to be celebrating here at home in front of our fan base, for LIndor to come through that way, what a story. On to the next round.”

“The whole time I was like, ‘This is who we are,’” Mendoza said. “Thisis part of the story. This is part of the book, the movie, whatever you want to call it. And then when [Lindor] connects that ball, I just wanted him to enjoy.

“It was hard for us to score runs in this game. But Lindor, he’s our MVP.”

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