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Well, here's something you don't see every day.
The Washington Nationals hit an inside-the-park grand slam on Tuesday, May 19.
You read that right. Not just an inside-the-park home run. A GRAND SLAM.
The phenomenon happened in the bottom of the second inning during a home game against the New York Mets. The bases were loaded and James Wood stepped up to the plate against pitcher Nolan McLean. On the first pitch, the right fielder swung and sent the ball flying to left-center field.
Two Mets outfielders, Tyrone Taylor and Nick Morabito, ran toward the ball in an attempt to catch it and nab the easy out. Morabito, who was making his MLB debut, leaped against the fence and the ball bounced off his glove. The defenders looked at each other as the ball bounced away and Jorbit Vivas trotted home from third base, Drew Millas ran in from second and Nasim Nuñez rounded all the way from first.
Morabito scrambled, picked the ball up and tossed it to a teammate in the infield, who overthrew catcher Luis Torren as Wood slid across home plate head-first to complete the grand slam.
The play, which was Wood's 13th home run of the season, trimmed the Mets' lead to 5-4.
According to MLB reporter Sarah Langs, this is the third inside-the-park grand slam in the past decade. The Nationals have two of those, both at home. Besides Wood's massive hit, Michael A. Taylor had his own play in 2017. The third one occurred when Raimel Tapia of the Toronto Blue Jayshit a grand slam in 2022 at Fenway Park.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: James Wood hits inside-the-park grand slam against Mets
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The Washington Nationals hit an inside-the-park grand slam on Tuesday, May 19.
You read that right. Not just an inside-the-park home run. A GRAND SLAM.
The phenomenon happened in the bottom of the second inning during a home game against the New York Mets. The bases were loaded and James Wood stepped up to the plate against pitcher Nolan McLean. On the first pitch, the right fielder swung and sent the ball flying to left-center field.
Two Mets outfielders, Tyrone Taylor and Nick Morabito, ran toward the ball in an attempt to catch it and nab the easy out. Morabito, who was making his MLB debut, leaped against the fence and the ball bounced off his glove. The defenders looked at each other as the ball bounced away and Jorbit Vivas trotted home from third base, Drew Millas ran in from second and Nasim Nuñez rounded all the way from first.
Morabito scrambled, picked the ball up and tossed it to a teammate in the infield, who overthrew catcher Luis Torren as Wood slid across home plate head-first to complete the grand slam.
The play, which was Wood's 13th home run of the season, trimmed the Mets' lead to 5-4.
According to MLB reporter Sarah Langs, this is the third inside-the-park grand slam in the past decade. The Nationals have two of those, both at home. Besides Wood's massive hit, Michael A. Taylor had his own play in 2017. The third one occurred when Raimel Tapia of the Toronto Blue Jayshit a grand slam in 2022 at Fenway Park.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: James Wood hits inside-the-park grand slam against Mets
Continue reading...
