Nationals’ James Wood joins Barry Bonds in elite club with four intentional walks

Washington Nationals

James Wood solidified himself as one of the top power threats in the MLB, becoming the first player since Barry Bonds in 2004 with four intentional walks in a game, in a 7-4 win against the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday. With one single in the first inning, Wood, 22, and a Rockville, MD native, proved to be too much of a threat with runners on base as he was intentionally walked in the fifth with runners on second and third base, a man on second base in the seventh, a runner on third in the ninth and man on third in the eleventh. Bonds saw four games with four intentional walks in the 2004 season. At the time of his first four-walk game on April 23, 2004, he was 39-years-old and had already smashed 667 career home runs.

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