Daily News | Blast off: Bryce Harper bashes his first homer since breaking his thumb to spark Phillies’ win over Nationals
major league pitching. But when you are Bryce Harper and you go 91 days without hitting a home run, well, time can feel like it’s standing still.
But it was Harper’s first homer since June 9 that held as the most important swing of the night. It came in his 13th game back from the injury, after a night off Friday night that preceded 10 strikeouts in 15 at-bats. Maton and Marsh also hit opposite-field homers before Schwarber capped the Phillies’ scoring with his first homer since Aug. 29, a span of 44 plate appearances. He still leads the National League with 37 homers.
The big swing against Fedde also coincided with Harper’s return to the No. 3 spot in the order. Although he enjoys batting third, he had been batting cleanup because interim manager Rob Thomson likes to create lineup separation between him and fellow lefty hitter Schwarber. With one out in the fourth inning, Sosa slid headfirst into first base to negate a double play and enable the go-ahead run to score. He was ruled out on the field, but the call got overturned. One batter later, he scored from first on Marsh’s double off the right-field wall, the first of three hits for the long-haired center fielder.
The Phillies have discussed the possibility of shortening Suárez’s remaining starts. But Suárez looked strong in pushing his innings total to 134⅓, just shy of his career-high total from 2018.The cleanup Stott
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