 to examine his pitching elbow. To the third inning, no score. Mets and Nats in with a play-by-play for the Nissan broadcast booth. Here's Dave Jackler. And the pitch on the way to Jeff McNeil is low and outside. DJ Hertz has been filling up the strike zone over the first two innings. 35 pitches, 30 strikes. Down 1-0 on McNeil. The wind of the next pitch. McNeil chops one over the mound, charging in Abrams in front of the bag. He fields and he fires to first. In time to retire McNeil by a step.