J.D. Martinez and Jose Iglesias homered in a six-run 10th inning, and the New York Mets held off the Washington Nationals 9-7 on Monday night to spoil the major league debut of prized outfield prospect James Wood.
had three RBIs and two extra-base hits for the Mets , who stopped a two-game skid and improved to 17-6 in their last 23 games.was hit by pitch leading off the 10th to put two runners on. Martinez followed with his 10th homer, a drive to center field againstdoubled and scored on Alvarez's first career triple, which hit high off the right-field wall. Iglesias made it 9-3 when he sent a two-run shot to center for his first big league homer since July 13, 2022, with Colorado.
After receiving a standing ovation from the crowd of 26,719 in the bottom of the second, Wood fell behind 1-2, worked the count full and then lined an opposite-field single into left-center. He struck out in the fourth, grounded out in the seventh and reached on Diekman's two-base throwing error in the ninth.
One of baseball's highest-rated prospects, the 6-foot-7, 234-pound Wood was hitting .353 with 10 home runs, 37 RBIs and a 1.058 OPS in the minors., who singled to score Bader. Taylor then hit grounder that went between Abrams’ legs, and Alvarez followed with a two-run double to left-center.sat out after cutting his forehead when he fainted and fell in his hotel room overnight. New York manager Carlos Mendoza said Nimmo did not suffer a concussion and could return Tuesday.
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