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Matt Harvey struck out a career-high 13 batters and took a no-hit bid into the seventh inning as the New York Mets held off the Atlanta Braves 4-3 in the first game of a double-header.
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Max Scherzer became the first Detroit Tigers’ starting pitcher in 104 years to start a season with a 10-0 record, allowing one run over six innings in a 5-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles.
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The New York Mets have called up top pitching prospect Zack Wheeler to start the second game of today’s double-header against the Atlanta Braves.
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Pitcher Stephen Strasburg was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a back strain by the Washington Nationals, who lost 10-1 to the New York Mets.
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Stephen Strasburg exited with a strained right oblique after two innings in the Washington Nationals’ 3-2 Major League Baseball victory over the Atlanta Braves.
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Ryan Zimmerman hit three home runs and ended up on the losing team as the Washington Nationals blew a 6-2 lead against the Baltimore Orioles.
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Dillon Gee struck out a career-high 12 batters as the New York Mets beat the New York Yankees 3-1 to win their fourth game in as many nights in their Subway Series.
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Daniel Murphy’s eighth-inning single gave the Mets a 2-1 win against the Yankees in the first of four games this week between the New York teams.
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New York Mets shortstop Ruben Tejada, whose .209 batting average ranks 160th of 171 Major League Baseball players, was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a right quad strain.
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Anibal Sanchez of the Detroit Tigers came within two outs of throwing the first no-hitter of the Major League Baseball season, striking out 12 and settling for a one-hitter in a 6-0 defeat of the visiting Minnesota Twins.