WASHINGTON -- About 40 minutes after Monday's 7-1 loss to the Mets, Bryce Harper walked into the Nationals' clubhouse still wearing his full uniform, with his batting gloves on and carrying his bat. Had he gone straight to hit in the batting cage after he went 0-for-4?
"No comment," he said.
The Mets, as so few teams have been willing to do recently, challenged Harper at the plate Monday night, feeding him a steady dose of strikes to retire him four times on only 10 pitches.
"I thought I got good pitches to hit," Harper said.