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Mets lose Lagares to injury in 8-3 defeat to Nationals

1) Robert Gsellman allowed a season-high 11 hits, two walks and seven runs over five innings in his first loss since May 13. The right-hander yielded five runs in the fifth inning and surrendered six extra-base hits, including a pair of home runs.

2) Juan Lagares suffered a fractured left thumb attempting to make a diving catch in the fifth inning.

3) Yoenis Cespedes and Jay Bruce had consecutive doubles in the fourth which produced the Mets' first run. Rene Rivera hit his third home run of the year in the fifth and Wilmer Flores slugged his sixth of the season in the eighth.