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NEW YORK -- The New York Mets lost the only game this weekend in which they appeared to have the advantage at starting pitcher. Now, in order to keep pace in the National League wild card race, the Mets will need one of their increasing number of rookie starters to outperform a Washington Nationals veteran.The Mets will host the Nationals in the second game of a three-game series Saturday night at Citi Field. Washington won the opener, when its own rookie starter, A.J. Cole, earned his first career win by tossing six solid innings in a 4-1 victory over New York and All-Star right-hander Noah Syndergaard.The Mets (69-66), who remained two games behind the St. Louis Cardinals in the race for the second NL wild card by virtue of the Cardinals 3-2 loss to the Cincinnati Reds, are scheduled to send rookie right-hander Robert Gsellman to the mound Saturday night.Gsellman, who lost his first major league start last Sunday after he gave up four runs in six-plus innings in a 5-1 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies, has a simple yet imposing task in his second start: Be as good or better than Nationals right-hander Tanner Roark, who ranks seventh in the NL in ERA with a 2.87 mark.Roark earned the win in his most recent start last Monday, when he tossed seven scoreless innings in a 4-0 victory over the Phillies. He has given up one run or fewer in five of his nine starts since the All-Star Break.Right behind Roark on the NL ERA leaderboard is teammate Max Scherzer (2.89 ERA), who is scheduled to start Sunday nights series finale against another Mets rookie right-hander, Seth Lugo.But Gsellman and Lugo have combined to go 3-2 with a 2.96 ERA in their last five appearances (four starts) dating back to Aug. 19, which has Mets manager Terry Collins confident they are up to the task of keeping New York in the race.Theyre not afraid, theyre not intimidated by the situation, Collins said Wednesday. The only way youre going to learn how to get through this is to be in it, and we plan on being in it for a long time. So its nice to have guys with that experience.The Nationals (79-55), who are cruising to October with a season-high 10 1/2-game lead over the Mets in the NL East, are developing pitchers in a pennant race too. 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That finished the countdown and shattered more stereotypes about what athletes with disabilities can do.The president of the International Paralympic Committee, Philip Craven, made a similar point with his speech. Craven, who lost the use of his legs in a rock-climbing fall at the age of 16, reminded Brazilians they have their own problems to overcome.Craven suggested Brazilians follow the lead of Paralympians.In a country which has faced major challenges of late, Paralympians will switch your focus from perceived limitations -- to a world full of possibility and endless opportunity, Craven said. They will surprise you, inspire and excite you, but most of all they will change you.Brazil is mired in its worst recession in generations. The country just removed its elected president, and these games needed a government bailout of almost $80 million to make it to the starting line.Craven also used the theme of inclusion, topical in a country often separated by the rich and poor, and black and white; a country with few provisions for wheelchairs or anyone with an impairment.Show the world that there is no them, there is only us, Craven told the capacity crowd at the opener. A world where people of all abilities, races, nationalities and sexualities can come together as one. We are all part of one world.The symbolic cauldron was lit by Brazilian swimmer and wheelchair user Clodoaldo Silva as rain fell. The six-time gold medalist faced a flight of stairs and looked perplexed about what to do next. The staircase then opened, exposing a ramp leading to the cauldron. Problem solved.Silva received the torch after a number of athletes carried it in the stadium. Among them was former Brazilian Paralympic medalist Marcia Malsar, who wobbled and fell over backward as she carried the torch across floor with aid of a cane. Malsar got back up, with some assistance, and finished her roughly 30-meter section of the relay in an effort warmly acknowledged by the crowd.The shhow featured a tribute to the wheel, to Brazils swirling samba rhythms, and to the beach -- a ritual gathering spot in Rio.dddddddddddd And there was the cast applauding an imaginary sunset, another ritual in this beach town.The show also saluted Brazilian swimmer Daniel Dias, the countrys most decorated Paralympian with 10 gold medals -- and surely more to come in Rio.Organizers say tickets sales have been booming. Only 200,000 were sold a few weeks ago, but theyve now sold 1.6 million. The goal is 2.4 million. This is partly a result of the reasonable prices for many tickets, only 10 Brazilian reals ($3).A notable absentee was International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach.The IOC chief said he had to miss the ceremony to attend a state mourning ceremony in Germany for Walter Scheel, the former West Germany president.Craven told reporters its the first time since Salt Lake City in 2002 that an IOC president had missed a Paralympic opening.Patrick Hickey, a high-ranking IOC member from Ireland, was among 10 people charged by Brazilian prosecutors on Tuesday with ticket scalping, conspiracy and ambush marketing related to last months Olympics.Police investigators said they wanted to speak with Bach about email exchanges he had with Hickey related to ticket allocations for Ireland. Police had planned to summon Bach if he came for the opening ceremony, though there is no evidence he knew about the ticket scam.Also missing were 267 Russian athletes who were banned because of alleged state-sponsored doping. Officials say 159 nations were entered on Wednesday, and in addition a refugee team.Rio 2016 organizing committee chairman Carlos Arthur Nuzman, Craven and -- loudest of all Brazil President Michel Temer -- were jeered. Nuzman and Craven when they thanked the Brazil government.Temer opened the games officially and, as he was in the Olympics when he was only the acting president, was jeered by fans chanting Fora Temer -- Out Temer.Temer took over as president after Dilma Rousseff was removed from office on impeachment charges a week ago by the federal senate.---Stephen Wade on Twitter: http://twitter.com/StephenWadeAP . His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/stephen-wade ' ' '