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James Wood, nationals are targeting fences against sailors

May 27, 2025; Seattle, Washington, United States; The Washington National Standing Player of Washington James Wood (29) is congratulated by the coach of the third base Ricky Gutierrez after hitting a Home Run solo during the fourth round against the Seattle Mariners at the T-Mobile Park. Compulsory credit: Stephen Brashear-Imagn Images

James Wood has played less than a full season in the major leagues, but he has already shown that he could hit the ball strong and far.

Wood completed his second home circuit at as many nights as the Washington Nationals beat Seattle Mariners 9-0 on Wednesday.

He will try to do it 3-in-3 when the Interligue series will end on Thursday evening.

Wood dropped a solo explosion of 435 feet from the café Here here in the right field during the fifth round on Wednesday, then delivered a double of two points to the eighth.

The circuit had an output speed of 113.3 MPH. It was his fifth time in depth at 112 MPH or more, binding Kyle Schwarber (2021) for the most part in a single season of the history of the franchise since Statcast began its follow -up in 2015.

“It is incredible,” said the designated striker of the national championships Josh Bell. “It is not surprising. It seems that no matter the ground, it does not matter, it is locked up. And if you make mistakes at the heart of the plate and it is extended, no stadium can hold it.”

Not even the T-Mobile park, which is known to limit the strikers because of its navy layer.

Wood’s career record at 448 feet of the eye of the striker in the central field directly on Tuesday was the longest blow at the Seattle stadium this season, exceeding a 4444 -foot shot by Judge Aaron of the New York Yankees on May 14.

“I love the way he strikes,” said Washington manager Dave Martinez. “Whether it’s this stadium or any stadium, it’s a very good striker. … I saw him hit a lot of balls very far and really hard.”

Bell, Luis Garcia Jr. and Robert Hassell III were also deep for the Nationals on Wednesday to support the six lanches of whitening of Trevor Williams. It was Hassell’s first circuit after making his debut in the major league last week.

Martinez congratulated his team for rebounded after a defeat of 9-1 against the navy the night before.

“If you don’t try to do a lot and stay on baseball, it allows them to succeed,” said the skipper. “It was a difficult match (Tuesday), and we returned and played the match in the right direction.”

CJ Abrams, Wood and Hassell were part of the prospects that the Nationals acquired on August 2, 2022, of the Padres de San Diego in exchange for the Outyer of the Juan Soto and Bell stars, who returned to DC as a free agent in January.

Another Washington player concluded this agreement was the left-hander Mackenzie Gore (2-5, 3.47 ERA), who should start the final of the series against the right-hander of the Mariners, Emerson Hancock (2-2, 5.95).

Gore suffered a difficult defeat in his last departure, especially since the match was aimlessly when he released after having expressed a walk in advance during the seventh round on Friday. He found himself accused of one point on two strokes in what has become a 4-0 defeat against the Giants of San Francisco.

The only time Gore faced the navies, he won a victory on May 24, 2024, after launching seven heats of ball from a race and withdrawing eight.

Hancock, who never opposed the Nationals, broke a sequence of four -stroke victories when he prevailed in Houston on Friday. He limited the Astros to three points on nine stories in six rounds.

The navies have lost four of their last six games, but Wednesday’s loss was the most destroyed in Seattle of the season. The navies only managed five strokes – all in simple – and fell to 2-12 in the matches in which they do not reach Homer.

“Durn One Tonight,” said Seattle manager Dan Wilson. “One to pass.”

– field level media

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