Wood, House, & Abrams Lead the Late Charge

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Baseball, Sports

4.9 • 573 Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

The Nats snapped their five game losing streak in exciting fashion on Monday evening in Navy Yard. Mark & Al recap the 9-6 come from behind victory over the Cardinals that was propelled by a trio of homers in the bottom of the 8th. (04:00) James Wood did it both with the glove and that bat in the victory. Wood robbed a homer at the fence in the 4th and then his 3-run HR tied the affair in the 8th. (12:30) Brady House continued his hot start with a huge performance at the plate on Monday night. House hit the go-ahead 2-run HR and also raked a pair of doubles vs. St. Louis pitching. House's OPS so is a very impressive .983 thus far. (16:25) CJ Abrams slugged the final homer in the pivotal six run bottom of the 8th. Abrams has 13 RBIs thus far and is tied for the MLB lead in that category. (19:40) Is Nasim Nunez the permanent man at 2B? (22:45) Zack Littell made his first start of the season (opener used the other day) and struck out six in five frames. Littell lasted only 70 pitches, indicating that he is likely not fully ready for the season. (25:00) The bullpen had another tough night as they combined to allow five runs. Cionel Perez did come through with a scoreless top of the 9th in order to preserve the victory. Andre Granillo gave up a pair of runs in the 8th and was sent to AAA following the game.

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0:00.0	For the sixth season in a row, Walters is the official bar of the Nats Chat podcast,
0:05.6	located across the street from the ballpark, just off South Capitol Street.
0:13.1	Now the set. Here it comes. This way in a line drive deep center field,
0:16.9	sending Scott racing back to the warning track. This one over his head, and it's over the wall.
0:21.6	It's a line drive.
0:23.3	Three-run Homer that just would not sink.
0:26.2	James Wood has tied this game.
0:28.6	The National Six, the Cardinal Six.
0:31.3	He's robbed a Homer, and he's hit a three-run homer.
0:34.6	He has done it all tonight.
0:36.4	That was a screaming line drive that just never
0:39.3	came down and just cleared the fence to the right of the 402 mark. What an impressive home run off
0:45.3	the bat of James Wood. Here's the pitch on the way to House. So we're going a
0:49.3	fly ball, deep left center field. Way back it goes and this one going, and it's gone. And the Nationals have
0:56.3	the lead eight to six. Huge two-run over for Brady House. His second of the year, the Nationals
1:05.5	have put five runs on the board here in the eighth inning. Brady House fired up as he crosses the plate with the first pitch two-run homer.
1:14.5	On the heels of the meet double and the wood three-run homer.
1:17.9	What an answer for the Nationals.
1:20.1	Here's Abrams, eighth man to bat.
1:22.9	The pitch.
1:23.8	CJ hits one at deep right field.
1:25.5	This one headed toward the bullpen.
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