(MENAFN - Gulf Times) Jacob deGrom continued making history on Friday night, when the New York Mets ace struck out a career-high 15 in a two-hit shutout and also doubled home the game's first run in a 6-0 win over the visiting Washington Nationals. The Mets snapped a three-game losing streak. The Nationals had a two-game winning streak halted. DeGrom (2-1) allowed a second-inning single to Starlin Castro and a third-inning double to Andrew Stevenson before retiring the final 19 batters. He lowered his ERA to 0.31 in authoring his fourth career complete game and second shutout. DeGrom's 15 strikeouts increase his season total to 50 - the most ever by a pitcher in his first four starts of the season. The two-time National League Cy Young Award winner, who tied his previous career high by striking out 14 in each of his previous two starts, became only the third pitcher in history to whiff at least 14 batters in three straight starts. Pedro Martinez did so from September 4-15, 1999 and Gerrit Cole did it from Aug. 28 through Sept. 8, 2019. No pitcher has ever struck out at least 14 batters in four straight starts. DeGrom's next turn in the rotation is scheduled for Wednesday against the Boston Red Sox.