Today at 1:05 p.m. ET, the New York Mets (1-1) and Washington Nationals (1-1) play the rubber game of their season-opening three-game series live from Nationals Park in Washington D.C.
New York plays the third contest of a six-game road trip to begin the 2015 schedule while Washington closes out a three-game home stand before embarking on a six-match road swing.
For the first time in 593 days, Matt Harvey mans the mound for the Mets, making his first official start since undergoing Tommy John surgery in October 2013.
Harvey, 26, went 9-5 with a 2.27 ERA through 26 games with New York in 2013. The right-hander pitched to a 1-1 record and fashioned a 1.19 ERA through six starts in spring training.
The Nationals counter with a phenom of their own in Stephen Strasburg, in a rematch of a much-anticipated clash between these two young guns in 2013. Strasburg, 26, went 14-11 in 34 games last season with a 3.14 ERA.
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New York topped Washington 3-1 on Opening Day this past Monday while Washington evened up the series Wednesday with a 2-1 victory in another pitcher's duel.
First baseman Ryan Zimmerman hit his first homer of the 2015 campaign on Tuesday to give the Nationals a 2-0 lead in the second inning, and the team hung on to knot the series.
One Nationals player who is looking for his first hit of the campaign is shortstop Ian Desmond, and he enters play hitting 3-for-9 with a homer lifetime against Harvey.
Catcher Travis d'Arnaud picked up his second RBI in as many games for the Mets, driving in second baseman Daniel Murphy for the Mets lone run of the game.
Right fielder Curtis Granderson struck out looking on a controversial call with the bases loaded and two outs with New York trailing 2-1 in Wednesday's game and he is still looking for his first hit of the new campaign.
Harvey returns for the Mets while the Nationals look to spoil the party when these teams play in a matinee rubber match live this afternoon from Nationals Park in Washington, D.C.
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