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NEW YORK -- Once a dominant Matt Harvey departed, the Washington Nationals took turns teeing off. Ryan Zimmerman lined a tying, three-run double in the eighth inning and Ian Desmond sliced a go-ahead double in the ninth, rallying the Nationals over the New York Mets 6-4 Friday night. "That mightve been our biggest win of the year," Nationals manager Davey Johnson said. Harvey struck out 11 and left with a 4-1 lead after seven innings. It was the latest gem for a pitcher who could start the All-Star game on the same Citi Field mound next month. But he was pulled after 109 pitches, and then Washington broke loose. A bunch of hitters contributed to the comeback, which pushed the Nationals back over .500. "Everybodys been down on what theyre capable of doing," Johnson said. "This is a good jump-start." Zimmermans bases-loaded double came with two outs against Brandon Lyon, the third of four Mets relievers in the inning. Naturally, Zimmerman was glad to see Harvey out of the game. "I think youd rather face anyone now except him," he said. "Just because he leaves, it doesnt make the other guy easier to hit." Sure looked that way, though. "Its easy to sit here right now when weve lost the game to look back at the seventh or eighth inning and say you shouldve left him in or shouldve made this move or that move. Its a very easy thing to say," Mets manager Terry Collins said. Collins put down any suggestion that Harvey shouldve kept pitching. "Yeah, I couldve left him in. No doubt about it. I couldve let him throw 150. Decided to take him out. I thought he had enough," he said. Roger Bernadina got things going in the eighth with a leadoff single against David Aardsma. Josh Edgin, Lyon and Scott Rice later pitched in the inning, which included a key two-out double by Denard Span and a walk to Anthony Rendon. "Its a nine-inning game. We started feeling it," Bernadina said. Jayson Werth, who had struck out in all three at-bats against Harvey, hustled for a leadoff double in the ninth against closer Bobby Parnell (5-4). Desmond doubled down the right-field line and later scored on a sacrifice fly by Kurt Suzuki. Tyler Clippard (6-1) won in the relief and Drew Storen got his second save. The Mets lost after arriving back in New York at 4:30 a.m. after a one-day trip to Denver for a makeup game caused by an April snowout. Harvey, however, had flown back home from Chicago on Wednesday night to rest up, and he was plenty ready. The bullpen, meanwhile, was ragged after a 7-4 road trip to four cities. "Its baseball. Those guys go out and pitch every single day and pitch their butt off," Harvey said. "Today just happened to be one of those days." Harvey retired the first 14 batters before Desmond homered with two outs in the fifth. The right-hander permitted just three hits, raised his NL-leading strikeout total to 132, dropped his league-best ERA to 2.00 and didnt issue a walk. Josh Satin doubled twice, singled and drove in two runs for the Mets. A crowd of 28,363 turned out to see the team with worst home record in the majors. But theres a different buzz when Harvey pitches, and fans quickly began clapping in hopes of a strikeout when leadoff man Span fell into an 0-2 hole. Harvey fanned him, too. Harveys fastball hit 99 mph on a wet evening. Desmonds 14th homer came an inning after his error gave the Mets a lead. David Wright lined a double off Zimmermans glove at third base to open the fourth and Marlon Byrd followed with a grounder that Desmond bobbled and threw away, ending the shortstops 59-game errorless streak and allowing Wright to score. Desmond lofted a long fly over the left-field wall with two outs in the fifth, tying it at 1. The Mets scored twice in the fifth when Byrd hit an RBI double and Satin singled home a run off Ross Detwiler. Satins RBI double in the seventh made it 4-1. NOTES: Mets RHP Zack Wheeler will make his home debut Sunday, with lots of family in attendance. Collins said the rookie and pitching coach Dan Warthen had worked on a few things to make Wheeler more comfortable on the mound. Wheeler certainly sounded unfazed as he settled in at Citi Field. "Big league clubhouse, big league field," he said. ... The Nationals will promote RHP Taylor Jordan from Double-A Harrisburg to make his big league debut Saturday. He is 9-1 with a 1.00 ERA in Double-A and Class-A this season, and has been picked for the All-Star Futures Game at Citi Field next month. Johnson said he thought Jordan would get at least two-three starts in the majors. INF Chris Marrero will be sent down. ... OF Bryce Harper (left knee bursitis) is on track to rejoin the Nationals when they host Milwaukee on Monday. ... 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Virtanen opened the scoring at 6:45 of the first period, then gave Canada a two-goal lead with a power-play goal 1:03 into the second. Sweden cut the lead in half when Daniel Muzito Bagenda scored a power-play goal at 10:57 of the second. Ray Allen Jersey . The Detroit Tigers star had microfracture surgery Friday to repair the medial and lateral meniscus in his left knee. "I dont want to say it was a surprise," team president and general manager Dave Dombrowski said.Lucas Bjerregaard stormed into a share of the lead with Felipe Aguilar as the weather-hit Volvo China Open got back on schedule on the third day in Beijing. Aguilar had retained his overnight lead when the delayed second round concluded early on Saturday morning, but he was reeled in despite firing a 67 as Bjerregaard returned a flawless seven-under 65 to earn a tie at the top with the Chilean on 16 under par. Leaderboard Volvo China Open Bjerregaard ignited his charge when he holed his approach to the 483-yard third hole for a spectacular eagle, and he birdied the long eighth for the third day running before he picked up further shots at 11 and 12. The young Dane, who has dropped only one shot in 54 holes, ensured he would take the lead in the clubhouse as he birdied two of the last three holes to match the earlier 65 of former Ryder Cup star Nicolas Colsaerts. Lucas Bjerregaard has dropped only one shot in three rounds The big-hitting Belgian made huge strides up the leaderboard when he reeled off five birdies in seven holes around the turn, and another at the last got him to within two shots of the lead on 14 under.Aguilar consolidated his lead as he cruised to the turn in 32, and his fifth birdie of the day at the 11th lifted him two clear of the field until he slipped back into the pack with a bogey at the short 13th. Nicolas Colsaerts is two off the pace after a superb 65 But he knocked a superb second to eight feet at the closing hole, and a simple two-putt birdie capped a solid 67 and reclaimed a share of the lead with Bjerregaard.Aguilar has yet to record a top-10 finish this season and ended a run of six consecutive missed cuts at Shenzhen last week, and he credited his improved performance in Beijing to using a new putter that used to belong to Fabrizio Zanotti. Felipe Aguilar birdied two of the last three to reclaim a share of the lead My putting is my weakest part of my golf game, Aguilar said. Its been very poor for the last six months and I switched putter thhis week and that was thanks to Fabrizio Zanotti.ddddddddddddI went in his bag and took his putter. He was kind enough to let me use it and I think thats been the biggest difference, that Ive made some putts that I really needed to make. Fabrizio Zanottis former putter is now in the possession of Aguilar You have so many players out here who can shoot a low score and tomorrow somebody who wins is going to have to shoot a low score. Hopefully it will be me. Englands Tyrrell Hatton remained on course for his best finish of the season as he posted an entertaining 67 to join Colsaerts, Haotong Li and Alex Noren on 14 under. Tyrrell Hatton also shares third going into the final round Hatton hit a horrible three-wood into water with his opening tee shot, but he recovered with a birdie at the fifth and he revived his challenge with an eagle at the eighth before another gain at the next took him to the turn in 33.He made a mess of the long 12th and ran-up a scrappy six, but he responded in positive style as he birdied three of the final four holes to join the share of third place.Li delighted the home fans with a run of four consecutive birdies on the front nine as he handed in a 68, while Norens mixed-bag of a 68 featured an eagle at the eighth, five birdies, one bogey and an ugly double-bogey at the fifth, where he drove into a bunker and found two further traps before hitting the green. Richard Bland slipped up over the last two holes Gregory Havret is a further stroke adrift after a 67 which included six birdies in eight holes from the fourth, while Richard Bland enjoyed a sparkling run of six birdies in seven holes around the turn.Bland offset a bogey at 14 with another birdie at 15 to get him back to 14 under, but he made further costly mistakes at each of the final two holes and a five-six finish saw him slip four shots off the pace.Live coverage of the final round now starts Sunday at 3.30am on Sky Sports 4 - your home of golf. Also See: China Open leaderboard Day 2 highlights Golf live on Sky Sports 4 European Tour Schedule ' ' '