Wood Stays Red-Hot in Milwaukee Win

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Baseball, Sports

4.9 • 573 Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

The Nats began their road trip with a 7-3 victory in Milwaukee on Friday night. Al & Mark have more praise for James Wood, who came through with four hits in the win. Wood had a pair of singles and a couple of doubles to lift his OPS to .930. (04:00) Washington used plenty of small ball including two RBI sacrifice bunts in the top of the 9th. The game was tied at 3 entering the final frame, but the Nationals scored four runs in the 9th. (11:20) Brady House is showing more plate discipline so far this season. This leads to a conversation about new technology the organization is utilizing with their hitters. (17:15) Jake Irvin had a mixed outing where he allowed three runs in the bottom of the 1st after inheriting a 2-0 lead. Irvin then settled down and lasted five frames, with five strikeouts along the way. (23:00) A strong night for the bullpen as four relievers each tossed a scoreless inning vs. the Brewers. Clayton Better took over in the bottom of the 9th after being given a four run lead.

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0:00.0	For the sixth season in a row, Walters is the official bar of the Natschat podcast,
0:05.6	located across the street from the ballpark just off South Capitol Street.
0:11.8	Now the Brewers are anticipating Garcia to butt here, but I think he swings away with B-Boss and Millis on deck.
0:19.0	I think this is a guy you want to swing at the bat here against the righty with a big fastball. He's one for two against him, a single in the past, but they are in at the corners. McGill sets. He's not showing bun and hits one up the middle of base hit in the center field. Abrams around third, coming home. He'll score. The throw will be lobbed into second weaver around second goes to third
0:39.9	right you were name jagler a first pitch swing and a shot up the middle for louis carcia junior he
0:45.7	drives in his eighth run of the season and the nationals have the lead here in the top of the ninth inning
0:50.9	with runners on first and third and nobody out it's the
0:54.5	nationals four and the Brewers three runners lead first and second and McGee delivers
0:59.7	Wood swings and lines in a right field that's gonna get down and go to the fence
1:03.6	rounding third is Beavos coming home Milliston third will stop there as James
1:09.0	Wood is into second with a double and an RBI's 11th of the year,
1:14.3	and his fourth hit of the game. Two doubles, two singles. He's four for five. Four runs home here
1:20.4	of the ninth inning for the Nationals. It's now Washington 7 in Milwaukee 3. And welcome to Nats Chat,
1:26.8	along with Washington Nationals insider Mark Zuckerman of
1:29.5	NatSjournal.com.
1:30.8	I'm Al Galdi host of the Al Galdi podcast.
1:33.2	The Nats on Friday night begin a three-game series at the Milwaukee Brewers.
1:37.1	One of the most famous teams in Brewers' history is the 1982 Brewers.
1:42.1	That team was known as Harvey's Wallbangers, in honor of the manager, Harvey
1:46.1	Keen, and the team's ample power. James Wood would have fit in quite well with Harvey's
1:51.3	wallbangers, and the Nats' offense on Friday night was Harvey's Wallbangers-esque, a 7-3 win at the
1:57.9	Brewers in a game in which the Nats overcame a three to seventh inning deficit
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