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05/19 21:04 CDT James Wood's inside-the-park grand slam sparks rally, helps
Nationals defeat Mets 9-6
James Wood's inside-the-park grand slam sparks rally, helps Nationals defeat
Mets 9-6
By PATRICK STEVENS
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) --- James Wood hit the majors' first inside-the-park grand slam
since 2022, and the Washington Nationals rallied from an early five-run deficit
Tuesday night to defeat the New York Mets 9-6.
Jos Tena also homered for Washington, which avoided its first three-game skid
since April 22-24.
Bo Bichette homered twice and drove in four runs and Juan Soto also went deep
for New York, which had won six of seven.
Down 5-0, the Nationals loaded the bases with two outs in the second inning.
Mets starter Nolan McLean (2-3) threw a first-pitch sweeper to Wood, who lofted
it to deep left.
It glanced off the arm of the leaping Nick Morabito and caromed into center.
Wood scampered around the bases in 15.15 seconds and dove into the plate well
ahead of the throw for his first career grand slam.
It was the Nationals' second inside-the-park grand slam since the franchise
moved to Washington in 2005. Michael A. Taylor hit one on Sept. 8, 2017, at
home against Philadelphia. It was the ninth inside-the-park grand slam since
1994 and the first since Toronto's Raimel Tapia did it on July 22, 2022.
Tena led off the third with a homer to the Mets' bullpen in left. CJ Abrams
scored the go-ahead run on catcher Luis Torrens' passed ball later in the
inning, and Jorbit Vivas' sacrifice fly made it 7-5.
Washington tacked on two unearned runs in the fourth thanks to errors by second
baseman Marcus Semien and Torrens.
Bichette hit two-run homers off Washington starter Foster Griffin (5-2) in the
first and second innings. It was Bichette's 10th career multi-homer game and
first since signing with New York in January.
Griffin allowed five runs in five innings and struck out five.
Richard Lovelady pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his third save.
McLean surrendered nine runs --- six earned --- in 5 2/3 innings.
Morabito, making his major league debut, was 0 for 3 and was hit by a pitch.
The game was delayed 46 minutes at the start because of the threat of rain.
Up next
Washington's RHP Zack Littell (2-4, 6.10 ERA) starts the third game of the
series Wednesday. New York has not announced its pitching plans.
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