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Sat Jun 24 201704:39RF Bryce Harper came through again in clutch Friday, with walkof...
RF Bryce Harper came through again in the clutch Friday, with a walkoff single in the 10th for a 6-5 win over the Reds. It was the fifth walkoff win of the year for the Nationals and the 19th come from behind victory. "It was as lot of fun to watch and a lot of fun to be part of," he said. "I had had some good pitches I had just missed in earlier at bats. I was just trying to grind it out and get a pitch I could handle and get a hit. We battled from the first inning on. It was tough facing a rookie we had not seen before. Our bullpen really did a great job tonight. Anytime they come in and close the door for us like tonight that's huge."
Sat Jun 24 201702:08MLB roundup: Rays beat up on Orioles
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The Tampa Bay Rays moved four games above .500 for the first time in nearly two years, surging past the Baltimore Orioles with a 15-5 win on Friday night at Tropicana Field.The Rays jumped out to a 9-2 lead in the first three innings and reset their season high for scoring, getting home runs from Derek Norris, Shane Peterson and Logan Morrison. The slumping Orioles matched a dubious major league record by allowing at least five runs in 20 straight games -- the first team to do so since the 1924 Philadelphia Phillies.Tampa Bay roughed up starter Ubaldo Jimenez (2-3), who didn't survive the third inning. Rays starter Chris Archer (6-4) threw six innings, not needing his best stuff to win his second straight start. The Rays got four RBIs each from Evan Longoria and Peterson, who was called up before the game and had a two-run homer. Marlins 2, Cubs 0MIAMI -- Giancarlo Stanton homered, Jose Urena pitched six scoreless innings and Miami defeated Chicago at Marlins Park.One... [More]
Sat Jun 24 201701:04MLB roundup: Rays beat up on Orioles
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The Tampa Bay Rays moved four games above .500 for the first time in nearly two years, surging past the Baltimore Orioles with a 15-5 win on Friday night at Tropicana Field.The Rays jumped out to a 9-2 lead in the first three innings and reset their season high for scoring, getting home runs from Derek Norris, Shane Peterson and Logan Morrison. The slumping Orioles matched a dubious major league record by allowing at least five runs in 20 straight games -- the first team to do so since the 1924 Philadelphia Phillies.Tampa Bay roughed up starter Ubaldo Jimenez (2-3), who didn't survive the third inning. Rays starter Chris Archer (6-4) threw six innings, not needing his best stuff to win his second straight start. The Rays got four RBIs each from Evan Longoria and Peterson, who was called up before the game and had a two-run homer. Marlins 2, Cubs 0MIAMI -- Giancarlo Stanton homered, Jose Urena pitched six scoreless innings and Miami defeated Chicago at Marlins Park.One... [More]
Tue Jun 20 201703:43RF Bryce Harper hit 18th homer of season on Monday against Miami...
RF Bryce Harper hit his 18th homer of the season on Monday against Miami LHP Justin Nicolino. It was just Harper's second homer this season against a left-handed pitcher. Overall, Harper is hitting .316 this season.
Mon Jun 19 201701:55RF Bryce Harper extended hitting streak to 11 games Sunday, when...
RF Bryce Harper extended his hitting streak to 11 games Sunday, when he went 1-for-3 with a first-inning single in the Nationals' 5-1 loss to the Mets. The 11-game streak ties a single-season career high for Harper, who also hit in 11 straight games from Aug. 18-29, 2013. His longest hitting streak is a 12-game run from Sept. 24, 2012 through Apr. 4, 2013. Harper is batting .326 (15-for-46) with two homers and six RBIs during his current streak. Overall this season, Harper is batting .318 with 17 homers and 51 RBIs in 62 games.
Tue Jun 13 201703:24RF Bryce Harper batted second again Monday with LF Jayson Werth ...
RF Bryce Harper batted second again Monday with LF Jayson Werth still on the disabled list. Werth normally bats second for the Nationals. Dusty Baker, the Washington manager, said he would rather have Harper bat third if Werth was available. Harper had a homer and scored two runs but was 1-for-4 and he now has a .319 average.
Mon Jun 12 201715:31Reds SS Cozart inches ahead in NL All-Star voting
Cincinnati Reds shortstop Zack Cozart is enjoying the best season of his career and he now sits atop the balloting to start in the All-Star Game after Major League Baseball announced its latest National League tabulations on Monday.Cozart moved ahead of Los Angeles' Corey Seager in the battle for the starting shortstop gig. Cozart sits at 997,966 votes while Seager has received 804,788.Cozart, who has never been an All-Star, ranks fifth in the NL in batting at .329 entering Monday. He has nine homers and 30 RBIs to go with a stellar .580 slugging percentage.Seager is batting .279 with nine homers and 31 RBIs but is slugging just .473.Leading vote-getter Bryce Harper of the Washington Nationals became the first player to reach two million votes and has 2,132,795 overall. He leads the outfielders and is followed by Charlie Blackmon (1,588,498) of the Colorado Rockies and Jason Heyward (737,147) of the Chicago Cubs.Buster Posey (1,357,467) of the San Francisco Giants leads all catchers. Other position leaders are first baseman Ryan Zimmerman (1,060,532) of the Nationals, second baseman Daniel Murphy (1,745,231) of the Nationals and third baseman Kris Bryant (1,248,348) of the Cubs.The American League balloting update will be announced Tuesday.
Wed Jun 7 201706:44RF Bryce Harper 1-3 with double, RBI and run
RF Bryce Harper went 1-for-3 with a double, an RBI and a run. Harper hit a sacrifice fly in the first to drive home SS Trea Turner and scored in the fourth on a sac fly by 2B Daniel Murphy. Harper has hit safely in 11 of 14 career games at Dodger Stadium, where he is hitting .269 with two home runs and five RBIs.
Mon Jun 5 201700:17RF Bryce Harper returned to lineup Sunday against Oakland after ...
RF Bryce Harper returned to the lineup Sunday against Oakland after serving a three-game suspension for charging the mound and fighting San Francisco Giants reliever Hunter Strickland, who hit him with a pitch on Monday at AT&T Park. Harper went 0-for-2 with two strikeouts and three walks, including one intentional, and scored twice, in an 11-10 victory. "Just happy to be back," Harper said before the game. "I'm definitely happy to be back up here with the guys and be able to play today. Glad that's out of the way and we can all move forward and get going."
Sun Jun 4 201703:44RF Bryce Harper served third and final game of suspension Saturd...
RF Bryce Harper served the third and final game of his suspension Saturday for fighting San Francisco reliever Hunter Strickland after being hit by a pitch on Monday at AT&T Park. Harper missed the series finale against the Giants and two games against Oakland. Harper has been at his home in Las Vegas during his suspension. "I know he's working," Nationals manager Dusty Baker said before Saturday's 10-4 loss to the A's. "He went home to work, work with his dad, work out. I'm not worried about him just lounging. He'll be back tomorrow and I plan on him being in the lineup tomorrow."
Sat Jun 3 201704:47RF Bryce Harper served second game of three-game suspension Frid...
RF Bryce Harper served the second game of his three-game suspension Friday night against Oakland. Harper was suspended for fighting Giants reliever Hunter Strickland after being hit by a Strickland fastball on Monday at AT&T Park. Harper will be eligible to return on Sunday for the finale of Washington's three-game series against Oakland. The Nationals have won the past two games without Harper, including a 13-3 victory against the A's.
Thu Jun 1 201703:34RF Bryce Harper agreed to begin three-game suspension Wednesday ...
RF Bryce Harper agreed to begin a three-game suspension Wednesday night after Major League Baseball reduced his penalty from four games. He will be eligible to return in Sunday's series finale in Oakland against the Athletics.
Wed May 31 201717:41MLB expected to reduce Harper's suspension by 1 game
Major League Baseball plans to reduce Washington Nationals slugger Bryce Harper's suspension for Monday's bench-clearing brawl from four games to three games, according to multiple reports Wednesday.Harper originally received a four-game ban on Tuesday for his role in a fight with San Francisco Giants reliever Hunter Strickland.Harper will start serving his three-game suspension as the Nationals face the Giants on Wednesday night, a source told ESPN.Strickland was suspended six games for his role, apparently holding a grudge after Harper hit two home runs against him in the 2014 National League Division Series.The right-hander hit Harper on the right hip with a 95-mph fastball in the eighth inning of the Nationals' 3-0 win. Strickland also filed an appeal.Harper charged the mound and threw his helmet, which appeared to slip out of his hand and come nowhere close to Strickland, but they both landed punches before being engulfed by teammates in a melee at the center of the infield.The 24-year-old... [More]
Wed May 31 201705:42RF Bryce Harper, who appealing four-game suspension for charging...
RF Bryce Harper, who is appealing his four-game suspension for charging the mound in Monday's win over the San Francisco Giants, went 0-for-5 in the win Tuesday, striking out three times.
Wed May 31 201705:41OF Bryce Harper received four-game suspension on Tuesday for par...
OF Bryce Harper received a four-game suspension on Tuesday for his part in a bench-clearing brawl the day before against the Giants at AT&T Park in San Francisco. The Washington Nationals' star will appeal. Giants RHP Hunter Strickland, apparently holding a grudge after Harper hit two home runs against him in the 2014 National League Division Series, hit Harper on the right hip with a 95 mph fastball in the eighth inning on Monday.
Wed May 31 201700:56Strickland-Harper brawl mishandled all around
Baseball veered into the Theater of the Absurd this week and from start to finish the performance was head-shaking unexplainable.It started with San Francisco reliever Hunter Strickland drilling Washington Nationals star Bryce Harper in the hip with a 98 mph fastball Monday. Harper's response was to incite a bench-clearing brawl. And on Tuesday, Major League Baseball handed down suspensions that can be debated for the justice they were supposed to bring.Strickland was suspended for six games and Harper for four. The Strickland penalty should have been twice what it was.So soup-to-nuts, there was bad form all around.Start with the incident. Baseball has unwritten rules, often polices itself and sometimes that means pitchers plunking hitters. That's no secret. Strickland's decision to go after Harper like a thug was based on the right-hander feeling "shown up" by the outfielder in the 2014 National League Division Series. Harper hit a long home run off Strickland in Game 1 and put a Strickland... [More]
Tue May 30 201703:02RF Bryce Harper ejected from Monday's win over San Francisco Gia...
RF Bryce Harper was ejected from Monday's win over the San Francisco Giants after charging the mound following getting hit by a pitch in the eighth inning. The at-bat was his first against Giants RHP Hunter Strickland since the 2014 National League Division Series, during which Harper homered twice against the San Francisco reliever. The ejection was the ninth of Harper's career.
Mon May 29 201703:57RF Bryce Harper got day off Sunday, in game that delayed by rain
RF Bryce Harper got a day off Sunday, in a game that was delayed by rain. He was on deck as a pinch-hitter but was pulled back late in the game.
Sun May 28 201703:03RF Bryce Harper made news off field before Saturday's game
RF Bryce Harper made news off the field before Saturday's game. He was one of several Washington players who headed out to youth baseball games Saturday morning before the Nationals played that afternoon against the San Diego Padres. Harper, according to The Washington Post, told young players in the northwest quadrant of the nation's capital: "No participation trophies, OK? First place only." Harper was 1-for-4 and his average fell to .337.
Sun May 21 201706:21RF Bryce Harper 1-4 in Saturday's loss to Braves after going 0-4...
RF Bryce Harper went 1-for-4 in Saturday's loss to the Braves after going 0-for-4 in Friday's defeat. He was 7-for-10 with two homers and five RBIs when the Nationals swept a three-game series in Atlanta during April.
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