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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 Clevelands infield also failed to turn a double play, and the Indians couldnt 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 games 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. Carrasco needed 38 pitches to get out of the second.Kind of lost my control, Carrasco said. Not too much damage, only two runs, thought it was going to be more, but I held them to two. I thought that I lost my control a little bit. Thats not good.Washington rookie Trea Turner drove in three runs and Daniel Murphy hit his 20th homer off Carrasco, who allowed three runs and three hits in six innings. The right-hander was good. Strasburg was just a little better.Carrasco walked the first two batters in the second before getting Ryan Zimmerman to hit a hard grounder to shortstop Francisco Lindor. It should have been a routine double play, but second baseman Jason Kipnis dropped the ball while transferring it from his glove to his hand and the Nationals had runners at the corners. With two outs, Ben Revere battled Carrasco for 13 pitches before walking and Turner made Carrasco pay by lining a two-run single to left.Strasburg took it from there.I thought coming out of the shoot he had really good stuff, Indians manager Terry Francona said of Carrasco. I think he was a little excited having to pitch against Strasburg, not that he has to hit against him, but its nice to see if you can match up. He had a little extra and it looked like it. In the inning, where I think he threw almost 40 pitches, it was a combination of falling behind, we didnt complete the double play and Revere had an unbelievable at-bat.The Indians rallied for a run in the ninth and had two runners on but Blake Treinen got Roberto Perez to hit into a game-ending double play for his first major league save.Strasburg walked one and struck out seven. He was never in real trouble and on the two occasions the Indians got a runner to third, Strasburg got the out he needed.Jose Ramirez, who had two hits and reached base all three times up against Strasburg, was on third in the second when Strasburg struck out Rajai Davis to end the inning, blowing him away with a 97 mph fastball.Ramirez got to third again with two outs in the fourth after third baseman Anthony Rendons throwing error. This time, Strasburg retired Davis on a slow roller to third.He has a lot of weapons, Francona said. He can throw the ball by you, fastball on both sides of the plate. He has a slider, change. Hes got everything and his fastball has a ton of ride or finish, however you want to put it. His delivery. Its impressive.RED-HOT ROOKIEIndians rookie Tyler Naquin went 2 for 3 and drove in Clevelands only run. He leads all AL rookies with a .330 average.HOME SWEET HOMEAfter being on the road most of July due to Cleveland hosting the Republican National Convention, the Indians will play 18 of their next 23 at Progressive Field. They have more home games (37) the rest if the way than any team in the majors.TRAINERS ROOMIndians: RHP Zach McAllister, who has been on the disabled list since July 7 with a sore right hip, will make a rehab appearance on Thursday at Double-A Akron before the club decides whether to activate him. McAllisters status could change if the Indians make a trade before the deadline for bullpen help.UP NEXTIndians: Several current and former players, along with manager Terry Francona, will golf in a charity outing before starting a three-game series on Friday against the Oakland Athletics. RHP Trevor Bauer (7-4) will start the opener against As right-hander Kendall Graveman (7-6).Nationals: Washington flies to the West Coast to open a four-game series in San Francisco. 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Organizers poked a little fun at the now-infamous opening ceremony gaffe that saw only four out of five snowflakes open up into rings, leaving the Olympics logo one ring short. The early signThe sixth ball of the match, from Alzarri Joseph to Azhar Ali, was slightly overpitched and on the batsmans pads. Azhar moved across and flicked it past midwicket for four. The true bounce off the pitch and the speed with which the ball raced across the outfield provided early indications that a run-fest was potentially on offer. Azhars sweet timing and precise placement also suggested that he might just be returning to form. In the event, the captains return to form came to fruition; the run-fest, not quite.The first-change bowlerPakistan had raced away to 36 runs off the first four overs, which Joseph and Shannon Gabriel had bowled with good pace but not as much control. With the batsmen enjoying the true pitch and the ball coming on, an early bowling change should not have come as a surprise. But the choice of bowler did. Jason Holder called upon the part-time offspin of Kraigg Brathwaite in the fifth over. Bowling slow and straight from around the wicket, Brathwaite deprived the batsmen of any pace to work with. A reasonably tight seven-run over was the result. Brathwaite followed that by conceding just two in the seventh over - the first over of the match without a boundary.The sloppinessIt was the 46th over of the match. There had been no boundary since the 37th over. Pakistans innings was in danger of fizzling out and pressure was building on the batsmen. Babar Azam pulled Kieron Pollards second delivery to deep backward square for what should have been a two. Instead, Evin Lewis,, running along the boundary to his left, bent down lazily and attempted to stop the ball with one hand.dddddddddddd He missed, and the ball sped away past the boundary. The lacklustre effort was Lewiss first notable intervention of the day and it did not impress the bowler.The agilityIn the fourth over of the chase, a boundary-rider displayed exceptional speed and grace, covering ground with consummate ease before leaping over the advertising hoardings in arguably the most agile display of the day. That boundary-rider was not a cricketer, though - it was a black cat. Disappointingly, it did not re-appear for an encore.The twin reviewsOn the third ball of the eighth over, Sohail Khan, bowling right-arm over the wicket to the left-handed Lewis, wrapped the batsman on the pads in front of the stumps and umpire Ahsan Raza raised his finger. Lewis reviewed and was reprieved when it emerged that the ball had pitched ever so slightly outside leg. Next ball, Sohail struck Lewis on the pads again. The delivery was a bit fuller than the previous one and looked even closer, but was given not out. This time the bowler reviewed, but again the ball was found to have been pitching marginally outside leg. Sohail had the last laugh in his next over, though. Lewis moved across his stumps to another ball that had pitched outside leg. This one went past the pads and clattered into leg stump. ' ' '