New York Daily News

MATT’S NOT

To see doctor after

- BY KRISTIE ACKERT

MATT HARVEY is headed to the doctor Thursday morning to have his fatigued, surgically repaired right arm examined. After a four-inning start in which he could not push his fastball past 90 mph for most of the night, Harvey and the Mets are looking for answers.

“We’re going to have Matt looked at just as a precaution,” Mets manager Terry Collins said. “He’ll go see the doctor. Again like anything else, when someone is just abnormal. It would be one thing if Matt was 91-92 (mph), but it’s another thing when he’s 89.

“I think we’ll just have the doctor look at it, if it’s nothing big, great.”

Harvey is coming back from July 2016 surgery to address the symptoms of Thoracic Outlet Syndrome, which not only required the removal of the top rib on his right side but also the removal of a muscle in his neck and part of one in his chest.

He has battled with weakness in the shoulder since spring training, when his lack of velocity was alarming. But Wednesday’s velocity was described as a new low.

“It’s been very difficult. A very difficult year,” Harvey said. “There have been a lot of ups and downs. A lot of discomfort and trying to battle through weaknesses and strengthen­ing areas that I am not used to. It’s been rough.”

Harvey allowed four runs on four hits —including three home runs. He walked one and struck out five.

His fastball was so slow that Tracman charted it as a changeup. He worked his curve and slider and the lagging fastball to retire nine straight before giving up a 465foot, two-run homer to Kyle Schwarber in the fourth.

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