Francisco Lindor Gets Emotional While Watching Wife Katia Perform National Anthem

The Mets-Padres game started off on the right note!

First, Francisco Lindor's wife Katia Lindor performed the National Anthem on the violin ahead of the matchup against the San Diego team at Citi Field on Tuesday, Sept. 16.

And then, in the bottom of the second inning, the All-Star shortstop hit a home run.

While his wife performed, Lindor, 31, proudly watched alongside their children — daughters Kalina, 4, Amapola Chloé, 2, and son Koa Amani, 6 months,

In a clip of the moment, a beaming Lindor is seen holding Koa in his arms while his daughters looked on beside him. When she finished her performance, the athlete broke out into a grin and excitedly jumped up and down with his family.

Katia, a classically trained musician, minored in music at St. Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas, according to ESPN.

In a "Mets at Home" feature about the family on SNY (SportsNet New York) last year, Katia spoke about her love for music.

"Music being such an intricate part of my education and upbringing since I was little, I just can't imagine my life without it," she said.

For her performance, Katia showed showed her support for her husband, wearing his Mets jersey and layering it over a white tank top with his number 12 on the front.

The couple wed in December 2021 after welcoming Kalina a year earlier. Amapola was born in June 2023, and Koa arrived in March 2025.

In July, Lindor shared an update with PEOPLE exclusively on their newest addition.

"Koa, he's amazing. My wife is a rock. She's great," he told PEOPLE at the time. "She handles this postpartum stuff incredibly well. It's crazy to see the human body, how it goes from one place or another to a whole different place."

"And then on top of that, now she has to take care of a human being and literally give life to this little thing," he continued, adding, "It's incredible. She's amazing. I married up, I got lucky."

The baseball player also opened up about how fatherhood has changed him and his perspective on the sport.

"It definitely made me more sympathetic," he told PEOPLE elsewhere in the interview. "Having kids made me value life a little bit more. It made me try to live life more in the moment. They told me that having kids was long days, quick years, and it's so true. Live in the moment."

"Being able to be with them and embrace them and love them and watch them grow in the moment is far better than just being from a distance and not being in the moment, just staying so caught up in the future," he added.

Lindor concluded, "Just be in the moment and be present for them."