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WASHINGTON -- Matt Harvey showed the best glimpse yet of getting his game back together. Rain cost him the chance to help get the New York Mets a victory.Harvey was much-improved from most of his starts this season while he allowed one run on four hits in the Mets 5-0 loss to the Washington Nationals on Tuesday night. He lasted only 3 2/3 innings because of a lengthy rain delay but displayed significant progress.Manager Terry Collins said Harvey (4-10) was outstanding despite being the hard-luck loser.It would have been great for him to go a few more innings because tonight was some of the best stuff hes had all year, Collins said. Tonight he had it. Tonight he had things going. His arm was working great, he just felt good on the mound.Harvey allowed an RBI triple to Danny Espinosa but didnt unravel as he has in previous starts during a rough season. The right-hander said he felt much better physically and mechanically but was upset about the rain taking the ball out of his hands.You work so hard all year to finally figure some stuff out and then mother nature kind of takes over there, Harvey said. All in all, it felt much better and unfortunately I couldnt keep that run off the board.Harvey continued his dominance of Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper, whos 1 for 26 against him in his career. After Harvey left the game, Harper hit his team-leading 16th home run of the season, which made him feel better about the rain delay knocking Lucas Giolito out of his major league debut.It got Harvey out of there, Harper said. Hes back to his old ways. I was happy enough to get him off and get going.The Mets offense couldnt get anything going against Giolito, baseballs top pitching prospect who allowed just a leadoff single to Curtis Granderson in four scoreless innings.Hes got a good arm, Collins said of Giolito. We saw him in spring training so we werent surprised by what we saw tonight. Hes got a good arm and a real good changeup and well hope to see him again.The Mets lost Granderson to a calf strain that tightened up during the 85-minute rain delay, and reliever Hansel Robles took a shot off the right calf. Collins said Grandersons removal was precautionary and said Robles would be sore but OK.TRAINERS ROOMMets: LHP Steven Matz has a bone spur in his elbow and had his start pushed back from Wednesday to Thursday. ... RHP Noah Syndergaard has a small bone spur in his elbow but isnt expected to miss any time. ... 1B Lucas Duda is two weeks away from resuming baseball activities.UP NEXTMets: RHP Logan Verrett (3-4, 4.14 ERA) makes a spot start for Matz as the rest of the rotation gets pushed back. 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The Canadian squad, skipped by Jennifer Jones of Winnipeg, got on the board first with two in the second end, and followed that with two more apiece in the fourth and sixth ends. Carolina Hurricanes Shirts . -- The Missouri Tigers might not have a roster full of superstars. Nepal inscribed another noteworthy entry in their cricketing history by winning on their first visit to Lords on Tuesday in front of several thousand delighted fans. On a sweltering day in north London, a Nepal XI defeated MCC by 41 runs after which the Nepal captain, Paras Khadka, led his players around the outfield to pay tribute to their typically exuberant supporters.Having chosen to bat first, Nepals every run was cheered to the rafters by a crowd of around 5000 that spread itself out across the Mound, Tavern, Edrich and Allen stands. Boundaries and wickets brought even greater outbursts of adulation and chants of Ne-pal! Ne-pal! Ne-pal! echoed around the old ground as Sompal Kami and Basant Regmi cleaned up the tail to dismiss MCC for 176 in pursuit of 218 in 50 overs.The fixture was arranged as part of celebrations to mark the 200-year-old relationship between Britain and Nepal, with proceeds from the match going towards rebuilding work in Nepal after last years earthquake.MCC opener George Adair did his best to spoil the visitors party by scoring an even 100 but the left-hander was eighth man out, caught behind off Regmi, with the asking rate rising towards two runs a ball. Nepals main contributor was Gyanendra Malla with 39 but there were useful scores throughout the order as they built a match-winning total beneath clear blue skies, a Nepali flag above the pavilion fluttering in the occasional breeze.Boys were excited, a little bit nervous as well - you can understand, playing at Lords just doesnt happen everyday, Khadka said. I think we managed to hold ourselves pretty well.Everybody contributed bits and pieces, overall it was very good. Batting, we were 20-30 runs short but the boys kept digging in, the wicket wasnt that easy and the bowlers were very, very disciplined and that was one of the key factors for us to win today.The result gave the majority of those who haad paid ￡10 for a ticket the perfect summers day out - Nepal shirts were de rigueur, although those attempting to unfurl a flag in the stands received a gentle talking to from the stewards, as per Lords rules.ddddddddddddMCC were captained by former Middlesex and Somerset allrounder Keith Dutch and included former Queensland batsman Clinton Perren and South Africa-born fast bowler Chad Barrett, who made his only first-class appearance for Northamptonshire two years ago.Dutch and Barrett picked up two wickets apiece and Nepal did well to get up to 217 for 8 in their 50 overs after slipping to 174 for 7. Khadka swept the only six of the innings as he and Malla took the score to 104 for 2 but the experienced pair fell in successive overs, as Dutch and left-arm spinner Marc Reingold established a stranglehold on the scoring.Kami and Regmi bolted together a resourceful 42-run stand for the eighth wicket and the Nepal bowlers then proved adept at defending a score. Sagar Pun picked up 3 for 35 with his offspin as only Adair, fellow MCC opener Steve Clark and No. 7 Richard Wilkinson managed to get into double-figures - and, in the case of Adair, a 28-year-old who plays for Hampstead, beyond. His well-paced century, from 122 balls, was warmly applauded by players on both sides.Pubudu Dassanayake, who stepped down as Nepal coach last year after being involved in some of their greatest moments of recent times, joined the celebrations in the dressing room afterwards. Dassanayake has been back working with the side recently as a consultant, arranged by the ICC, and his pride in their achievement was obvious.These boys, the amount of work they put in, they deserve this, to come and play a game here, Dassanayake said. They make a lot of sacrifices and fight always. ' ' '