Wood homers and drives in 4 as the Nationals beat the Padres
SAN DIEGO AP James Wood had a three-run homer among his three hits drove in four and scored three times for the Washington Nationals who beat the San Diego Padres - on Monday night Josh Bell also homered and finished with three RBIs CJ Abrams had three hits and scored three times twice on hits by Wood Wood Abrams and Bell were involved in the blockbuster exchange that sent Juan Soto from Washington to the Padres on Aug Bell came over with Soto while Abrams and Wood were among the six players the Padres sent to Washington Abrams was a rookie and Wood a prospect The Padres traded Soto to the New York Yankees in December This was Wood s first tournament at Petco Park Wood broke open the contest with a three-run shot off the right-field foul pole against Yuki Matsui in the eighth inning Abrams and Daylen Lile were aboard for Wood s nd homer Bell s th homer sailed into the second deck in left in the ninth Abrams reached on a two-base throwing error by starter Stephen Kolek - leading off the fourth and scored on Wood s single Luis Garc a Jr doubled Nathaniel Lowe hit an RBI single Bell hit a sacrifice fly and Brady House added an RBI single Washington added two runs in the fifth with five straight one-out singles Abrams hit chased Kolek and Garc a and Bell hit RBI singles off Wandy Peralta Fernando Tatis Jr hit a -foot three-run homer in the ninth for the Padres Manny Machado homered leading off the fourth and Jake Cronenworth connected leading off the seventh It was Machado s th overall and seventh in June It was Cronenworth s sixth and Tatis th Nationals starter Mitchell Parker - allowed three runs and six hits in six innings Key moment Wood s big night no doubt had Padres fans wondering what would have been if he hadn t been involved in the Soto bargain Key stat Machado has career hits and homers He can become the th participant to reach homers and hits at age or younger Up next Nationals RHP Trevor Williams - ERA a San Diego native and Padres RHP Ryan Bergert - are scheduled to start Tuesday night AP MLB https apnews com hub mlb Source
