Nats’ Eaton out for season?

Leadoff hitter goes on DL amid reports he has torn ACL.

The Nationals placed center fielder Adam Eaton on the 10-day disabled list with a left knee injury amid reports that he is out for the season because of a torn anterior cruciate ligament. Eaton underwent an MRI on Saturday, and the news reports cited on MLB.com emerged after the Nationals’ 5-3 loss to the Mets.

Eaton stepped awkwardly on the bag when he beat out a throw to first in the ninth inning Friday, loading the bases in a 7-5 loss to the Mets. Eaton fell and needed assistance leaving the field.

Eaton, hitting .297 at leadoff, had reached base safely in 20 of 23 games this season.

Michael A. Taylor went 3 for 5 in place of Eaton on Saturday. Shortstop Trea Turner was 0 for 3 at leadoff.

The Nationals just returned from a 9-1 trip before the Mets, carrying a six-game losing streak, beat them Friday.

Angels: First baseman C.J. Cron (bruised left foot) and left-handed starter Tyler Skaggs (strained oblique) were placed on the 10-day disabled list after leaving Friday night’s game.

Pirates: Third baseman David Freese, who’s hitting .321, was placed on the 10-day disabled list because of a strained right hamstring. He has not played since he was injured Monday.

White Sox: Slugger Jose Abreu hit his first two homers of the season as AL Central-leading Chicago (13-9) won its sixth in a row, a 6-4 victory in 10 innings at Detroit. Abreu was out of the lineup Friday because of a hip injury.

Yankees: New York has nine homers in the past two games, both victories over Baltimore that launched the host Yankees past the Orioles atop the AL East at 15-7, baseball’s best record. Brett Gardner hit two of the team’s four homers Saturday, a day after Matt Holliday’s threerun blast in the 10th completed a rally from a 9-1 deficit to a 14-11 victory.

Cardinals: Catcher Yadier Molina has picked off 48 runners in his 14-year career, and Friday’s might have been the most unusual. The Reds’ Eugenio Suarez strayed past third by a step or two after advancing on a two-out walk that loaded the bases in the sixth inning. Molina’s throw to Jedd Gyorko got the third out as Suarez had his back turned. Suarez said he thought time had been called. “I thought it was a pitching change and you’ve got to pay attention, especially with that guy,” Suarez said. “He’s good.”