NEW YORK -- For quite a while, Matt Harvey has searched for the answers that could reverse his uncharacteristically difficult start to the season. He seemed to find them on Monday, allowing just two hits and one walk with six strikeouts over seven shutout innings in a 1-0 win over the White Sox.
Harvey entered the Mets' series opener against Chicago with a 3-7 record and a 6.08 ERA, but with his fastball touching 98 mph, he retired the first 13 batters he faced before J.B. Shuck singled to right in the fifth inning. After first baseman Wilmer Flores doubled off Shuck following a diving catch on a line drive by Brett Lawrie, Harvey faced the minimum through six.