Nationals' James Wood becomes 1st player to receive 4 intentional walks since Barry Bonds

Washington Nationals outfielder James Wood entered Sunday s contest against the Los Angeles Angels with home runs and was looking for more when he was up at the plate However Angels pitchers decided to pitch around him for the the majority part CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COMWood had six plate appearances and was intentionally walked four times It was the first time a batter was intentionally walked four times in a encounter since Barry Bonds in The only others to be intentionally walked four times in a contest since at least were Roger Maris Garry Templeton Manny Ramirez and Andre Dawson who received five intentional walks in May Wood did go -for- with a stolen base The Nationals defeated the Angles - in innings SHOHEI OHTANI'S PITCH SETS PERSONAL RECORD DODGERS STAR CONTINUES TO RAMP UP PITCHING ACTIVITYWood has been one of the better players for the Nationals since he entered the league in He had home runs and RBI with a batting average and a OPS according to his -game average His numbers have been compared to Juan Soto and Bryce Harper Those are chosen of the best guys to put on a jersey he announced Saturday via ESPN I definitely strive to be guys like that They've been doing it -- Juan Soto for seven-plus years and Bryce Harper for -plus years -- I know I got a long way to go but it's definitely cool More importantly Wood has to help get Washington back into the winning column Despite the win against the Angels the Nationals only improved to - Washington hasn t won more than games since the same year Washington won the World Series that year Wood has been the best player for the Nats according to his wins above replacement The Associated Press contributed to this review Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter