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The work of Venezuelan pitcher Carlos Carrasco was essential this Wednesday to get his sixth victory of the season and lead the Major Leagues, which was enough for the New York Mets to complete the sweep and beat the Washington Nationals 5-0.

Carrasco pitched five scoreless innings, allowing four singles and prescribed five batters, being key from the mound for the Mets.

The Latino ended up combining his work with pitchers Seth Lugo, Adam Ottavino and closer Edwin Díaz, the latter who worked for or one inning but without the possibility of a saved game, to declare the shutout on the board.

As for the offensive card of those from the Big Apple, the player of Puerto Rican origin Tomás Nido hit a single RBI of a run in the fourth inning and added two more RBIs with a double in the ninth inning.

On the other hand, Francisco Lindor collaborated with another RBI after a fly Sacrifice in the seventh inning.

With the result of this Wednesday, the Mets won their last two games of this series by shutout and did not allow the Nationals to score in the last 17 episodes they played.

By sweeping the series of three matches, the New Yorkers have registered six consecutive victories and have improved their record in the season to 35-17, consolidating its leadership in the NL East.

As a curiosity, the victory in the capital came on the eve of the anniversary 10 of the no hit no run of another Venezuelan, Johan Santana, which represented the first no-hitter and no-run game in the history of the team that is based at Citi Field.

By Scribe