Philadelphia Phillies slugger/warrior-poet Bryce Harper entered his workforce’s Tuesday night time contest towards the Reds hitless for the season. Harper towards Cincinnati swiftly reversed these fortunes by hitting three house runs in a recreation for the second time in his profession. In very a lot associated issues, the Phillies prevailed 9-4 and improved to 2-3 on the younger season. The Reds dropped to 3-2. 

Harper’s first blast of the night got here within the first inning off Cincy starter Graham Ashcraft. It left the bat at 107.7 mph and went 420 toes to heart. Then within the fourth he walloped a first-pitch slider from Ashcraft to the seats in proper. (That second house run additionally occasioned the 1,000th run scored of Harper’s profession.) 

Then got here the seventh inning, when Harper, on the expense of a Brent Suter sinker, smote the seventh grand slam of his profession: 

Such a notable blast in fact deserves the choice, hitter-centric digital camera angle: 

That third homer of the night time spanned 422 toes, and meaning Harper towards the Reds on Tuesday hit an estimated 1,209 toes of homers. Harper’s now the primary slugger to have a three-homer recreation at Residents Financial institution Park since Jayson Werth in 2008. And talking of Harper and Werth: 

On the night time, Harper went 3 for 4 with three runs scored and 6 RBI. He entered Tuesday night time’s tilt with a slash line of .000/.154/.000 for 2024, and after the three-bomb rebellion Harper is now batting .200/.294/.800 on the 12 months. 

Harper’s solely different three-homer recreation got here towards the Marlins in Might 2015 when he was a member of the Washington Nationals.