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The Washington Nationals bring a five-game losing streak into a home matchup versus the New York Mets, at 4:10 p.m. ET on Saturday. Nolan McLean (4-1, 1.19 ERA) will start for the Mets, who are 80-74 this season and second in the NL East. Cade Cavalli (3-1, 4.76 ERA) is the expected starter for the Nationals, who are 62-92 and fifth in the NL East.

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Injury reports

Mets

Tyrone Taylor: 10 Day IL (Hamstring), Reed Garrett: 15 Day IL (Elbow), Drew Smith: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Max Kranick: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Griffin Canning: 60 Day IL (Achilles), Frankie Montás: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Christian Scott: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Dedniel Nunez: 60 Day IL (Elbow), A.J. Minter: 60 Day IL (Lat), Danny Young: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Tylor Megill: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Nick Madrigal: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), Jesse Winker: 60 Day IL (Back)

Nationals

Cole Henry: 15 Day IL (Back), Drew Millas: 60 Day IL (Finger), Josiah Gray: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Trevor Williams: 60 Day IL (Elbow), DJ Herz: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Derek Law: 60 Day IL (Forearm), Keibert Ruiz: 7 Day IL (Concussion)

Stats to know

• New York’s Juan Soto is slashing .265/.397/.534 this season with 42 home runs (7th in MLB), 103 RBIs (10th in MLB) and an OPS of .931 (6th in MLB). He has a 19.3% strikeout rate and a 17.8% walk rate in 678 plate appearances, and he has scored 117 total runs. Soto has recorded 34 steals on 37 attempts.
• In 694 plate appearances, Francisco Lindor has hit 27 long balls, tallied 79 RBIs and scored 111 runs (4th in MLB). He is batting .268/.344/.456 and has posted an 18.3% strikeout rate and an 8.6% walk rate. Lindor has recorded 30 steals on 36 attempts.
• C.J. Abrams has hit 18 home runs this season. He has also tallied 58 RBIs and has scored 89 runs. In 604 plate appearances, he has recorded a .264 BA, .323 OBP and .442 SLG with a 6% walk rate and an 18.7% strikeout rate. He has been effective on the base paths, recording 31 steals on 34 attempts.
• In 659 plate appearances, James Wood has hit 27 long balls, tallied 89 RBIs and scored 82 runs. He is batting .254/.349/.461 and has posted a 32.2% strikeout rate and a 12.4% walk rate. Wood has recorded 15 steals on 22 attempts.

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