Wood's Inside-the-Park Grand Slam Sparks Comeback

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Sports, Baseball

4.9 • 573 Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2026

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

The Nats trailed by five runs right away, but completely flipped the script on the Mets for a 9-6 win on Tuesday night. Al & Mark examine James Wood's Inside-the-Park Grand Slam in the bottom 2nd to cut the deficit to just one run. Wood has 13 homers this season, tied for 3rd most in the NL, but leads all of MLB in runs scored. (11:45) Paul Toboni met with the media on the same day that Dylan Crews joined the Big League Club. Toboni addressed what he has recently seen from Crews and why now is the right time to call him up. Crews went 1 for 4 on Tuesday night while playing in CF and hitting sixth in the lineup. (15:15) What to expect the outfield to look like now that Crews is up and Joey Wiemer has been sent to AAA. (18:00) Toboni answered plenty of questions regarding the decision to send Brady House to Rochester. It was pointed out just how much House has struggled against right-handed pitching this year. (23:00) Was Crews called up too early to make his MLB debut back in 2024? (27:00) Foster Griffin was terrible in the beginning of his start as New York led 5-0 by the top of the 2nd. Griffin however settled down and was able to make it through five innings of work. (31:30) Brad Lord tossed three innings to get to the 9th and Richard Lovelady closed it out from there. Lovelady bounced back after getting hit hard as the Opener on Sunday against the Orioles. (34:30) Will Andrew Alvarez continue to stay on the roster?

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0:00.0	Walters is open late and a great spot to watch the final rounds of the NBA and Stanley Cup playoffs.
0:06.5	Walter's Sports Bar and Restaurant is located just across the street from Nationals Park.
0:14.6	Griffin toes the rubber first base side.
0:17.8	The lanky lefty hesitates with a kick and fires and a line drive deep left field.
0:21.6	This is trouble while going back looking up and Bo Bichette has homered again.
0:26.6	Two at-bats, two run homers for Bichette and a 5-0 New York lead.
0:32.6	James Wood, with the base is loaded, singled his first time up.
0:36.6	Set for McLean. Here's the pitch. Swing a fly ball, deep left center field. Chasing back Taylor to the warning track. He will leap Moribito leaves at his office club. They don't know where it is. This might be an inside-the-park home run. Three runs have scored. Wood is circling the the bases the throw home is not in time
0:56.0	one with the hit first slide has it inside the park grand slam home run
1:03.0	they're going crazy here in nationals park it's now five to four New York and James Wood circles the bases for his first career Grand Slam,
1:13.3	and it's the National's second ever inside the park grand slam.
1:17.8	My oh my.
1:20.3	Here's the pitch.
1:21.2	We're the ground ball to short, runner breaking for the plate.
1:23.2	Bichette's throw home off the glove of Terrance.
1:25.7	What a scored.
1:26.8	Here comes Tate in the plate. He has scored as the catch of Terrence. What a score. Here comes Taney.
1:27.9	The plate.
1:28.4	He has scored as the catcher Terence had to chase the ball to the backstop.
1:34.4	Oh my.
1:36.1	Abrams ends up at second base.
1:38.6	Two-run score on the play.
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