Its Friday, April 4 and its Opening Day at Citi Field as the Mets (3-3) take on the Blue Jays (5-2) in Game 1 of their weekend series. Kevin Gausman is slated to take the mound for Toronto against Tylor Megill for New York Pete Alonso carried the Mets to a win Wednesday night in Miami.

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Left-hander Easton Lucas pitched five scoreless innings in his first career major-league start as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting Washington Nationals 4-2 on Wednesday afternoon.

Lucas (1-0) picked up the win against the Nationals on Wednesday. He allowed one hit and two walks while striking out three across five scoreless innings. With Max Scherzer (thumb) on the IL, Lucas was given the ball Wednesday for his first major-league start.

The Washington Nationals will find themselves in a familiar situation on Wednesday afternoon, needing a win to avert a three-game series sweep by the host Toronto Blue Jays.

Abrams got the Nationals on the board in the sixth inning, when he took Brendon Little deep for a 386-foot solo homer to right field. Abrams had a productive series in Toronto despite Washington being swept,

Straw went 3-for-4 with two doubles an a run in Wednesday's 4-2 win over the Nationals. Straw made his second start in center field Wednesday and logged his first hit of the season when he doubled off MacKenzie Gore in the second inning.

Springer took an 85 mph changeup from MacKenzie Gore deep to left field for a 368-foot homer in the fourth inning, his first of the 2025 campaign. Springer has recorded an RBI in four straight games and has gone 7-for-15 with two doubles,