Catcher Francisco Alvarez and utility man Jeff McNeil were absent from the New York Mets' lineup for the first four weeks of the regular season, but they were finally activated from the injured list on Friday.

The New York Mets activated catcher Francisco Alvarez and second baseman Jeff McNeil from the injured list Friday, and both were in the lineup to make their season debut in the opener of a four-game series against the Washington Nationals.

Francisco Alvarez's first home run of the season was enough for the Mets' pitching staff, as New York shut out the Nationals, 2-0, on Saturday afternoon in Washington, D.C.