The Washington Nationals needed a stopper and Mitchell Parker and his teammates stopped that nasty five game losing streak. Now the team’s ace, MacKenzie Gore will need to lead his team to a series win. The Padres have former Nats 2013 fourth round draftee, Nick Pivetta on the mound. It was Pivetta who former GM, Mike Rizzo, traded for Jonathan Papelbon in 2015.
While Gore and James Wood repped the Nationals in the All-Star game this past week, Wood is in a long O-fer slump. Did you know that the Nats are 25-14 when Wood has an RBI? The team is 14-44 with no RBI from Wood. In his last 10-games, Wood is batting .083 with a .362 OPS and a 43.9 percent K rate. Some think the HR Derby sims for Wood ruined his swing due to his timing being off. Obviously Ricky Gutierrez was throwing BP pitches at slower velos during their HR Derby practices.
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