NEW YORK — Carlos Carrasco and the recent heatwave have both been oppressive of late, the Mets righthander on opposing hitters and the weather on the rest of us. One finally broke Tuesday night. You can turn down your air conditioner a bit now.
The elusive Carrasco was on his ‘A’ game once more as the smoldering Mets went up against the listing Reds. He took a shutout into the seventh, got the support of home runs from Francisco Lindor and Jeff McNeil and moved into a tie for the NL lead with his 13th victory as the Mets downed Cincinnati, 6-2, before 30,816 at Citi Field.
The NL East-leading Mets have won five straight and 14 of 16 and will be looking for a three-game sweep on Wednesday afternoon with Taijuan Walker on the mound.
