Strasburg wins 14th game as Nats beat Indians

CLEVELAND — Stephen Strasburg shut down Cleveland for seven innings and bounced back from his only loss this season, leading the Washington Nationals to a 4-1 victory over the Indians on Wednesday.

Strasburg (14-1) began the season with 13 consecutive victories before he was beaten by the Los Angeles Dodgers on July 21. The powerful right-hander shook off that blemish, holding the Indians to three hits as the Nationals recovered after blowing a two-run lead in the ninth and losing on Tuesday night.

Washington rookie Trea Turner drove in three runs and Daniel Murphy hit his 20th home run off Carlos Carrasco (7-4), who was done in by one bad inning.

Nationals reliever Blake Treinen stopped Cleveland’s threat in the ninth, getting a game-ending double play for his first major league save.

Strasburg had little trouble handling the Indians, who came in with the majors’ best record since June 1 but couldn’t generate enough offense against the Nationals’ ace. He walked one and struck out seven.

The Indians failed to turn a double play in the second and it cost Carrasco, who didn’t help himself with three walks in the inning.

After he walked the first two batters, Carrasco got Ryan Zimmerman to hit a hard grounder to shortstop Francisco Lindor, whose throw to second was dropped by Jason Kipnis on the transfer. With two outs, Ben Revere battled Carrasco for 13 pitches before walking and Turner lined a two-run single to left.

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