MLB Wrap: Mets sweep DH behind young arms

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The Phillies won their sixth game in a row at home and moved into a second-place tie in the NL East with a 4-2 win over the Nationals (see Instant Replay).

In the win, Carlos Ruiz made his return from the disabled and picked up a hit in his first at-bat (see story).

Here is a wrap of notable games from around the majors on Tuesday:

Harvey, Wheeler pace Mets in DH sweep

Game 1
ATLANTA -- Matt Harvey finally got some run support.

Just enough to fend off another Atlanta comeback.

Harvey pitched six hitless innings, John Buck homered and the New York Mets held on for a 4-3 victory over the Braves in the first game of a doubleheader Tuesday.

"It's one of those days where it was jumping out nice and I was hitting spots," Harvey said. "Certain days you wake up and you feel good and you can let it go. Today was one of those days."

The Mets had scored only 18 runs in Harvey's previous 10 starts while he was in the game. Largely because of that, he had eight no-decisions in a stretch of nine appearances before a hard-luck 2-1 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals in his last outing, snapping a stretch of 14 consecutive starts without a loss dating to his final appearance of 2012.

Harvey didn't allow a hit until Jason Heyward's fluke infield single leading off the seventh, but the right-hander tired in the eighth as the Braves tried to rally for the second straight game. Trailing 4-0, Atlanta scored three runs and had the bases loaded before Bobby Parnell, the fourth Mets pitcher of the inning, fanned Chris Johnson to end the threat. Parnell earned his 10th save with a scoreless ninth (see full recap).

-The Associated Press

Game 2
ATLANTA -- After a long day at Turner Field, the future suddenly looks a lot brighter for the New York Mets.

Just imagine Matt Harvey and Zack Wheeler at the top of the rotation for years to come.

"I hope people saw this," said manager Terry Collins, no doubt referring to New York's long-suffering NL fans. "Certainly they're going to enjoy watching these two guys for a long time. They're going to be around."

Wheeler lived up to the hype in his major-league debut, pitching six scoreless innings to lead the Mets to a 6-1 victory over the first-place Atlanta Braves and a doubleheader sweep on Tuesday night.

"I had some jitters going at first," said Wheeler, who went back out to sign autographs in his full uniform after the game. "Then I settled down a little bit, probably the fourth or fifth inning I think it was, found a rhythm, settled down, and I was able to throw all my pitches for strikes" (see full recap).

-The Associated Press

Goldschmidt hits walk-off HR in D'backs' win
PHOENIX -- Paul Goldschmidt hit a leadoff home run in the bottom of the ninth inning and the Arizona Diamondbacks ended a four-game losing streak, beating the Miami Marlins 3-2 Tuesday night.

Goldschmidt's drive bounced high off the batter's backdrop in deep center field. His 17th homer of the season was his second in as many nights, and the second game-ending home run of his career.

Martin Prado also homered for the Diamondbacks.

David Hernandez (3-4) threw a perfect top of the ninth for the win. Chad Qualls (2-1) lost for the first time in 27 appearances, with Goldschmidt connecting on his second pitch (see full recap).

-The Associated Press

O's best Verlander, Tigers
DETROIT -- After homering off Justin Verlander for the third time this month, Baltimore's J.J. Hardy was at a loss for words.

"Speechless," he said. "I couldn't tell you how it happened or what happened. I feel like I just kind of blacked out -- and I'm happy about it."

Hardy and Adam Jones went deep against the Detroit ace, and Manny Machado added a double and two sparkling plays at third base to lead the Orioles to a 5-2 victory over the Tigers on Tuesday night.

Verlander gave up five runs and seven hits in five innings. He walked four and struck out five. Hardy homered twice off Verlander in Baltimore's 10-3 loss to the Tigers on June 1, and he opened the scoring Tuesday with two-run shot to left in the fourth.

"I always pride myself on going deep into games and I want to," Verlander said. "It's just this year it seems like I haven't been executing, or there have been a lot of teams that have battled me really tough. But you've just got to turn the page" (see full recap).

-The Associated Press

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