Wood & Bell Each Go Deep in Arizona Win

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Sports, Baseball

4.9 • 574 Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

The Nats beat the Diamondbacks 9-7 on Friday for their 3rd straight victory. Mark (From Phoenix) & Al gather early in the morning after Washington moves past Atlanta for 3rd place in the NL East. (05:30) James Wood slugged his 16th homer of the season and it is the 3rd time he has left the yard on this road trip. The last time someone in the franchise hit 30+ homers was Juan Soto in 2019. (08:30) Josh Bell crushed a homer for the 3rd straight evening and is beginning to turn his season around. His shot went 430 feet; above the pool at Chase Field. (10:45) Robert Hassell III collected a pair of hits and made an impressive throw to the plate to nail Eugenio Suarez. "Bobby Barrels" already has three multi-hit games since making his debut on May 22nd. (18:00) There multiple instances of great defensive play, including a crucial leaping catch at the wall by Daylen Lile to keep the game tied in the bottom of the 3rd. Luis Garcia Jr. also turned a nifty 4-3 Double Play to help Brad Lord get out of a jam. (22:10) Kyle Finnegan notched his 16th save of the season; which is 3rd most in all of MLB. (23:40) Jake Irvin really struggled and allowed four runs in the 1st inning. His season has taken on a seesaw approach, but his ERA is still under 4.00 at 3.93. (28:30) The Nats are 14-12 in May and this is the first month that they will be over .500 since August 2023.

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0:00.0	Walters is the place to be this time of year, across the street from Nationals Park and near
0:05.1	Audi Field, open daily from 11 a.m. until 2 a.m. and on the weekends, closing time is at 3 a.m.
0:16.2	Next pitch. So we got a long drive, left center field, racing back Thomas to the track at the wall,
0:22.5	and it's gone. Opposite field home run for James Wood. Two rows into the seats to the right of
0:28.8	the 374 mark and left center. Makes it 4-3 Arizona. Wood home run number 16. Low at second, Garcia at first.
0:39.3	3-1 pitch.
0:41.3	Sween a high, high drive, deep right center field.
0:44.3	Look out in the swimming pool.
0:46.3	Way back it goes and it clears the swimming pool.
0:49.3	Up onto the concourse.
0:51.3	Josh Bell put that one into orbit.
0:53.3	And the Nationals lead it six to four. He's
0:57.2	Homer three straight games. That's number nine on the season for Bell. That almost
1:02.6	scraped the roof here at Chase Field. First pitch to low. So we got a broken background ball
1:08.4	base it through the hole in the right field. Scoring is Taita.
1:11.6	Abrams coming home.
1:12.5	The throw to third is cut off and Wood's going to be tagged out, but Abrams does score.
1:18.1	So two runs cross on the broken bat single to right for low.
1:21.3	The Nationals lead eight six.
1:24.7	And welcome to Nat's chat along with Massinsports.com Nationals insider Mark Zuckerman, who was at Chase Field in Phoenix.
1:31.2	Amalgaldi, host of the Al-Galdi podcast. The Nationals, since their seven-game losing streak, are 10 and 4, and now are just three games below 500.
1:39.9	Late night on Friday night, a 9-7 win at the Arizona Diamondbacks in game one of a three-game
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