R.A. Dickey is a 10-game winner for the first time in his major league career. And, if you lump in his win total with Triple-A Buffalo, Dickey actually is a 14-game winner this season.

The latest victory came Wednesday, as the Mets won the rubber game in Washington with a 3-2 victory over the Nationals. Dickey (10-6) allowed two runs and five hits while striking out one and walking none in an 88-pitch effort over six innings. He ERA remained 2.91.

The Mets won only their second road series against a National League opponent this season. They also had swept consecutive series at Baltimore and Cleveland.

“It feels good,” Dickey said before catching a flight to Nashville to spend Thursday’s team off-day with his family. “Double-digit wins in the big leagues is a pretty neat thing. And I appreciate every victory. I don’t know if I would call it a milestone. But it does have a different feel to it. It really does.

“I’ve just really tried to be consistent. From the beginning in Buffalo, that’s really kind of been my word is being consistent and trustworthy. The better I bounce back after tough outings, the more I show to be trustworthy. It was nice, too, that one outing didn’t carry over to the next. I think that’s a big deal for being a starting pitcher in the big leagues.”

Dickey was coming off a start in which he allowed a season-high seven runs at Wrigley Field.

This time, he escaped a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the sixth to preserve a 2-all tie by retiring Roger Bernadina on a foul pop to David Wright and Michael Morse on a groundout to shortstop. That half-inning had started with Nyjer Morgan bunting for a single, which upset Dickey because the knuckleballer felt he should have pounced on it more quickly.

“I just tried to slow the game down,” Dickey said. “I found that the more I’m able to do that, the better results I’ve been having. It takes a long time to learn how to do that -- it has for me, at least -- how to slow the game down and get it back to your pace.”

The damage against Dickey came on a flat knuckleball that was belted for a two-run homer by rookie catcher Wilson Ramos. Ramos indicated he was familiar with Dickey from having caught him when they were both in spring-training camp with the Minnesota Twins in 2009. Ramos had been a late replacement for scratched Ivan Rodriguez, who was ill.

“I’ve been tough on myself lately because in three out of my last four outings I’ve given up two-out, two-run or three-run home runs that have really cost me,” Dickey said. “And so it was nice that I could step back and say, ‘Yeah, it happened,’ but regain my focus and composure and keep going. It’s something that I need to pay attention to, because I’ve been beat a couple of times on late home runs with two outs -- and with lower-order guys, believe it or not.”

Dickey, who is hitting .233 this season after going 2-for-2 Wednesday, did have an adventure on the basepaths. Dickey was thrown out to end the top of the fifth trying to go first to third base on a ball in opposing pitcher Livan Hernandez’s glove. Hernandez was arguing a safe call at first base, and Dickey was trying to catch the ex-Met napping.

“I felt a little bit frisky,” Dickey said. “I don’t know how old Livan is -- anybody know how old Livan is? -- but I know he’s old enough to bait somebody,” Dickey said. “I’m older, too, so I kind of figured, ‘Is he baiting me or is he really in an argument here?’ I was affirmed that he was baiting me once I got out at third base. That was a terrible play.”