Matt Harvey was rarin' to go in his return from Tommy John surgery, right down to the knobs of his bats labeled with his nickname in all caps: DARK KNIGHT. A little more than two hours before throwing a pitch that mattered for the first time in nearly 20 months, the New York Mets' right-hander pierced the silence of the visitors' clubhouse at Nationals Park with the strains of Aerosmith's ''Back in the Saddle'' via a portable stereo. Dynamic right from the 96 mph called strike he began with, Harvey struck out nine across six scoreless innings to outpitch Stephen Strasburg in the Mets' 6-3 victory over the Washington Nationals on Thursday. For stretches against Washington, it was as if Harvey never left. More...