Overview
- With the bases loaded in the second inning, James Wood drove a ball to left-center off Mets starter Nolan McLean at Nationals Park.
- Mets outfielder Nick Morabito, making his MLB debut, leaped at the wall and the ball glanced off his glove as center fielder Tyrone Taylor converged.
- Morabito chased the carom and got it back to the infield, but the relay to catcher Luis Torren sailed high as Wood slid home head-first.
- The play stood as an inside-the-park grand slam that marked Wood’s 13th home run of the season and cut New York’s lead to 5-4.
- MLB researcher Sarah Langs noted the rarity, citing only two others in the past decade by Michael A. Taylor in 2017 and Raimel Tapia in 2022.