Rough Inning Dooms Indians

CLEVELAND — Carlos Carrasco needed to be nearly perfect against Stephen Strasburg. One badly flawed inning doomed him and the Indians. Carrasco walked three Washington hitters in the second inning, when Cleveland’s infield also failed to turn a double play, and the Indians couldn’t get anything going against Strasburg in a 4-1 loss to the Nationals on Wednesday. The Indians managed just three hits and were shut out over seven innings by Strasburg (14-1), the Nationals’ $175 million man who began the season with 13 straight wins before he was beaten by the Los Angeles Dodgers on July 21. Facing one of the game’s top pitchers, Carrasco (7-4) may have been a little overhyped and his wildness in the second cost him as the Nationals scored two runs — all Strasburg would need.