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Lauer expected to start for Milwaukee against Washington

Washington Nationals (53-68, fourth in NL East) vs. Milwaukee Brewers (74-49, first in NL Central)

Milwaukee; Saturday, 4:05 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABILITIES: Nationals: Paolo Espino (3-4, 4.16 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, 52 strikeouts) Brewer: Eric Lauer (4-4, 3.19 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, 73 strikeouts)

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Brewers -219, Nationals +182; over / under is 9 runs

BOTTOM LINE: Milwaukee and Washington meet on Saturday.

The Brewers are 32-28 in their homeland. Milwaukee averages 4.4 RBIs per game this season. Avisail Garcia leads the team with a total of 73 runs.

The Nationals left home 22-35. Washington scores a collective .258 this season, led by Juan Soto with an average of .304.

The Nationals won the last meeting 4-1. Patrick Corbin took his seventh win and Lane Thomas went 2 for 4 with a triple and two RBIs for Washington. Brett Anderson recorded his seventh loss for Milwaukee.

TOP PERFORMERS: Garcia leads the Brewers with 24 homers and is .503 slug.

Josh Bell leads the Nationals with 37 additional base hits and is .458.

LAST 10 MATCHES: Brewers: 7-3, .295 batting average, 3.80 ERA, outperformed opponents by 20 runs

Nationals: 3-7, 0.273 batting average, 5.90 ERA, beaten by seven runs

INJURIES: Brewer: Angel Perdomo: (back), Freddy Peralta: (shoulder), Adrian Houser: (health logs), Jandel Gustave: (Covid-19), John Curtiss: (elbow), John Axford: (elbow), Tyrone Taylor : (oblique), Daniel Vogelbach: (thigh), Mark Mathias: (shoulder).

Nationals: Austin Voth: (Covid-19), Stephen Strasburg: (neck), Joe Ross: (forearm), Kyle McGowin: (biceps), Will Harris: (hand), Steven Fuentes: (shoulder), Luis Avilan: ( Elbow), Jordy Mercer: (calf), Alex Avila: (calf).

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The Associated Press created this story using Data Skrive technology and Sportradar data.

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