2 days Ago By CBS New York
WASHINGTON — James Wood singled home the go-ahead run in his third major league game, Luis García Jr. hit two homers and the Washington Nationals rallied to beat the New York Mets 7-5 on Wednesday night. Wood, Washington's top prospect who made his debut this week, drove in Lane Thomas with a hit off Jake Diekman in the seventh, then stole his first career base moments later.
He also singled and scored in the sixth, part of the Nationals' comeback from a five-run deficit. "It was just electric," said Wood, who drew a walk in his first at-bat. "We had a pretty good crowd tonight, so we were feeling that energy and just feeding off of that.
" Jacob Barnes (4-2) threw a perfect seventh in relief of Mitchell Parker to get the victory as the Nationals ended a three-game skid and won for just the second time in their last nine. The Mets fell back to .500.
The Mets' beleaguered, overtaxed bullpen finally cost them after doing enough to string together consecutive 10-inning wins. Diekman (2-3) allowed two runs on two hits, getting just one out, as things again got hairy with closer Edwin Díaz still serving his 10-game suspension. "They grind out at-bats and kind of make you hurt yourself and it snowballed," Diekman said.
"You just keep grinding it out. We know he'll be back soonish. It's kind of like a revolving door.
" The bullpen implosion was enough to keep rookie starter Christian Scott from picking up his first major league win in his first appearance since May 30. Scott did.
