James Wood led off the game with a home run and Jake Irvin pitched seven scoreless innings to lead the Washington Nationals to a 3-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night.

James Wood is one of the best young players in Major League Baseball. Much of his promise is due to his prodigious power in the heart of the Washington Nationals lineup. Case in point: On Tuesday night,

James Wood didn’t sprint to track down Lourdes Gurriel Jr.’s skyscraping first-inning flyball Saturday afternoon. In fact, Wood said he got a bad jump. He went back with more of a purposeful jog, trying to position himself to make a play.