Daily News | Bryce Harper returns with a bang, driving in two as the Phillies beat the Pirates
STEVEN M. FALK / Staff Photographerand started to laugh. His teammates had set up a hilariously perfect situation, one that seemed tailor-made for him. The bases were loaded, there were no outs, and the crowd at Citizens Bank Park was on its feet. Harper got a standing ovation, as you’d expect, but it didn’t end when the at-bat began. The fans remained standing, living and dying with every pitch.
Harper saw five pitches from Pittsburgh right-hander Bryse Wilson in that first at-bat. He feasted on the 2-2 pitch, a changeup right down the middle of the plate and ripped a single to right field, scoring Rhys Hoskins and Kyle Schwarber. It wasn’t an offensive shelling, but it didn’t need to be. The Phillies now have six players with at least 50 RBIs this season — including Harper, who now has 50. Only two other teams in the majors, the Toronto Blue Jays and the Los Angeles Dodgers, can say the same. Driving in runners is something this Phillies team has struggled with on occasion, and it’s something Harper should be able to help rectify.
Thomson’s words proved prescient. The Phillies got plenty of pitches to hit, and they went to town. After that four-run first, they scored three more runs: one on an RBI single by Hoskins, who subsequently scored on a fielding error to make it 6-0 in the second inning, and an RBI single by Bryson Stott in the eighth inning, after the Pirates had cut the lead to 6-4. The Phillies are now 59-17 when they score four or more runs.
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