The star rookie’s three-run homer in the eighth inning lifted the Nats to a 5-2 victory and a three-game sweep.
James Wood rounds the bases after his go-ahead three-run homer Sunday afternoon at Nationals Park. Circumstance decided James Wood would bat with two outs and two on in the eighth inning of a tie game Sunday afternoon against the Cincinnati Reds. In a rare turn of events, Wood decided to swing at the first pitch.
“We’re right there with them,” Wood said. “We’re trying to make a push, too, and every game is important.” It didn’t matter that Wood had hit into two hard outs earlier Sunday — he has done so often enough in his young career to have an automated response of “That’s baseball.” In the second inning, the first ball he put in play left his bat at 107.2 mph, and he narrowly reached for an infield single after it ricocheted off Reds starter Andrew Abbott.
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