NEW YORK METS (40-34, second place/NL East) at WASHINGTON NATIONALS (44-32, first place/NL East)
Tuesday: RHP Matt Harvey (4-9, 4.64) vs. TBA, 7:05 p.m. ET
Wednesday: LHP Steven Matz (7-3, 3.29) vs. RHP Max Scherzer (8-5, 3.52), 7:05 p.m. ET
NATIONALS SHORT HOPS
Stephen Strasburg landed on the disabled list on Sunday after he was scratched from a start for the second straight turn with an upper-back strain. Strasburg (10-0, 2.90 ERA) originally popped a couple of ribs out of place while weight training.