Wood Homers in the "Nasim Nuñez Game"

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Sports, Baseball

4.9 • 574 Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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For the second time in three days, the Nats rallied late for a comeback win. Mark (From Baltimore) & Al gather after the Nationals 5-4 victory at Camden Yards to open the weekend series. (05:45) James Wood tied the game twice and the first came following a curious decision by Orioles Manager Brandon Hyde to pitch to Wood with a base open in the top of the 6th. Wood went deep in the top of the 8th for his 12th home run of the season. Nathaniel Lowe also homered in the affair in the the top of the 2nd. (08:00) Nasim Nuñez had by far the best game of his Big League career. Nuñez most importantly beat out an infield single for the go-ahead run in the 9th, but also flashed some leather in the outfield of all places. The only reason that Nuñez started was due to a fluky injury on Thursday night by Amed Rosario in his hotel room as he suffered a laceration. (16:00) A bizarre outing for MacKenzie Gore as he recorded nine strikeouts, but gave up ten hits on over 100 pitches in less than four innings of work. Hear Mark explain why this is one of the strangest starts he has ever seen. (22:30) A good night for the bullpen as they teamed up to only allow one run in over five innings of work. Jorge Lopez earned his 6th win of the season, which in a major statistical oddity has him tied for the most wins this season in all of MLB.

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0:00.0	Walter Sports Bar has been recognized by many local publications as one of the best sports bars in Washington, D.C., located across the street from Nationals Park and open year round.
0:15.2	Wood came through with an RBI single of the sixth swings and drives on a deep center field.
0:20.0	Mullins going back, way back at the wall.
0:22.6	It is good.
0:23.9	Goodbye.
0:26.4	Bang, zoom goes James Wood with a bomb well beyond the 410 foot marker.
0:32.6	It's home run number 12 in his second RBI in the game, and he has this park buzzing. It's a tie game again here in the 8th, the Nationals 3 and the Orioles 3. Bautiste did to the belt, a check of the runner at second. Here's the pitch on the way and a swing and a slow roller right side. Why to first Mountcastle has it? He flips to the pitcher. Covering, it's too late.
0:54.6	Runner breaking for the plate.
0:56.0	The throw is high, and Taita scores.
0:59.9	And the Nationals have the lead.
1:02.5	The speed of Nassim Nunez,
1:06.3	giving the nationals the lead because he beat to play.
1:10.2	And Tena kept running around third third by the time the Orioles reacted
1:14.8	it was too late it's the Nationals four the Orioles three finnigan coming set holds the bat high
1:23.2	right shoulder here's the pitch swinging a fly ball right center, right center field. Nassim Nunez,
1:28.9	who his left is there, and he puts it away and fires his right fist into the air. A curly Ws in the
1:36.1	books here in Baltimore. And welcome to Natschat, along with Massensports.com National's
1:42.1	insider Mark Zuckerman, who is at Oriel Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore.
1:46.2	I'm Al Galdi, host of the Al Galdi podcast.
1:49.0	So we are in the midst of a special weekend in Major League Baseball.
1:53.4	MLB's first official rivalry weekend with the MLB quote highlighting some top geographical rivalries
2:00.5	with every team playing
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