Dark Knight rises: Harvey near spotless in win

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NEW YORK — The last few weeks have left Matt Harvey and the Mets searching for answers, and his stellar performance in Monday’s series opener might have provided one. Harvey gave up just two hits and struck out six en route to the Mets’ 1-0 victory over the White Sox at Citi Field.

New York’s Opening Day starter had been in the midst of the worst tailspin of his career, and a 1-4 record with a 7.56 ERA in the month of May was the result. Through it all, though, the Mets remained confident that Harvey would figure it out, and on Monday, at least for one day, he did.

While Harvey had it going, so did Chicago starter Jose Quintana, who allowed six hits over seven innings while striking seven. Quintana, however, made a key mistake: serving up a leadoff home run to Mets second baseman Neil Walker in the seventh on a 90-mph four-seam fastball.

After giving up six runs in two innings over the weekend against the Dodgers, Jeurys Familia put that series behind him by setting the White Sox down in order in the ninth to pick up his 17th save of the …

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