Wood Returns in Shutout Loss from Nats Chat

Wood Returns in Shutout Loss

37 minutes Posted Sep 3, 2026 at 2:19 am.

) James Wood returned from the IL and his 6th inning single was one of the team's two hits. Wood has 30 home runs with 20 games remaining and last season he finished with 31 homers.

) The other hit came form YoYo Morales in his 2nd career game. Morales was at 1B on Wednesday as Abimelec Ortiz served as the DH and Andres Chaparro got a rare start at 3B.

) Brad Lord got the start as it was a planned bullpen game. There was an hour plus rain delay, but the timing came after Lord had already pitched three frames.

) Riley Cornelio took over for Lord, but gave up a pivotal Sean Murphy 3-run HR and the Braves never looked back. Max Kranick took the mound in the 7th and he also gave up a 3-run shot.

) Washington next plays on Friday night at Dodger Stadium. All three games this weekend in LA are late at night, but the team has a quick turnaround on Monday afternoon in San Diego.

) Reacting to listener emails about the latest twists and turns in the CJ Abrams defensive saga. Abrams actually played 2B in Wednesday's defeat.

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The Nats were blanked 9-0 on Wednesday by the visiting Braves. Al & Tim examine the defeat where Washington only mustered two hits and didn't get their first one until the bottom of the 6th. This concludes a brutal stretch of 16 straight games without an off-day.

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