The Nationals reached a winning record in May for the first time since 2018, with late-May momentum suggesting a chance to finish June above .500. They produced a major power surge at home, hitting six home runs in the first five innings, including five off Cleveland starter Tanner Bibee. Zack Littell delivered his best start of the season by throwing the final seven innings after PJ Poulin handled the first two. The offense began quickly with James Wood’s 412-foot leadoff homer, followed by Luis Garcia Jr.’s double and Curtis Mead’s two-run homer. Jacob Young added a second-inning homer, and Wood and Garcia later extended the lead with additional hits. The result moved Washington to a 28-27 record.
"For the first time since the 2018 season, the Washington Nationals have a winning record in the month of May. Not just May either, but late May. Meaning the Nats have an opportunity to go a step further this year and hold an above-.500 record in the month of June, something we haven't sniffed through the rebuild years thus far. And what a way they did it. The Nationals clubbed six home runs over the first five innings, including five against Cleveland starter, Tanner Bibee."
"That unreal power surge was supplemented by Zack Littell's best start of the season, throwing the final seven innings after PJ Poulin took care of the first two, and with that, the Nationals are now a 28-27 team. What a dream this season has been so far, let's get into what was one of the most fun wins of the season."
"This one got off to a flying start for the Nationals, as James Wood worked a six-pitch at-bat to lead off the ballgame, before Tanner Bibee hung a curveball down the middle of the plate, and Wood didn't miss it, blasting a ball 412-feet out to right field for his 14th homer of the year. That was just the beginning, as Luis Garcia Jr. followed that up with a double, and Curtis Mead brought in two more runs after a seven-pitch fight with a home run of his own to left field. So after just three batters, the Nationals had ran out to a 3-0 lead immediately in Cleveland."
"PJ Poulin retired the side in order in the first, and Jacob Young began the second inning just how Wood began the first. Young, on the sixth pitch of his at-bat, turned on a cutter and deposited it into the left field seats for his 7th homer already on the season, just an incredible start to the season for him from a power perspective. Later in the inning it was Wood who ignited a two-out rally with a single, and Garcia cashed in, getting a center-cut changeup and shooting it out to right field for the Nationals' fourth homer already in the game, and extending the lead to 6-0."
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