NEW YORK METS (46-38, second place/NL East) vs. WASHINGTON NATIONALS (51-35, first place/NL East)
Thursday: RHP Bartolo Colon (7-4, 2.87) vs. RHP Lucas Giolito (0-0, 0.00), 7:10 p.m. ET
Friday: RHP Noah Syndergaard (9-3, 2.41) vs. RHP Stephen Strasburg (11-0, 2.71), 7:10 p.m. ET
Saturday: RHP Logan Verrett (3-5, 4.01) vs. RHP Max Scherzer (9-6, 3.21), 7:15 p.m. ET
NATIONALS SHORT HOPS
Giolito made his major league debut against the Mets last Tuesday in Washington.