Philadelphia Phillies slugger Bryce Harper hit but any other postseason home run within the first inning of NLCS Game 1 on Monday night time in opposition to Arizona Diamondbacks’ ace Zac Gallen. As Harper crossed home plate after his home run trot, he flashed the quantity 31.
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Nice contact. That can be a 31 for his thirty first birthday, which fell the similar day (Oct. 16) as Game 1 of the NLCS on Monday.
Harper has lengthy had an inherent ability for the dramatic. He set a document with 5 Opening Day home runs prior to he became 25 years outdated. He’s additionally clubbed 15 home runs in 43 profession playoff video games.
This sport Monday marked the primary time he ever performed on his birthday and he went deep in his first at-bat. Harper had performed 42 profession postseason video games prior to Monday however maximum of them had been previous in October. Before creating a run to the World Series with the Phillies ultimate 12 months, Harper had by no means performed later than Oct. 13.
His home run used to be his tenth in a Phillies uniform within the playoffs, striking him only one at the back of Jayson Werth for the franchise document within the postseason. It used to be additionally a part of an early home run barrage in opposition to Gallen because the Phillies stormed to the lead in NLCS Game 1 (are living updates right here).
In his 2d at-bat, Harper dialed it again a bit of. His 111.6 mph unmarried scored Trea Turner, that means thru two at-bats on his birthday, he is 2 for two with a homer and two RBI.
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