Yankees, Bryce Harper and Kyle Schwarber
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If it's not Kyle Schwarber, it's Bryce Harper. And the rest of the Phillies follow the leaders. Harper crushed his 15th home run of the season as the Phillies outslugged the Yankees for a second straight game on Saturday,
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The Citizens Bank Park crowd was on its feet before Kyle Schwarber even stepped in the batter’s box. The Phillies had already scored a run in the sixth inning on a single, hit batsman, a walk and a sacrifice fly.
The Philadelphia Phillies have activated Bryce Harper and Kyle Schwarber from the 10-day injured list ahead of their series against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Bryce Harper has been on a tear at the plate that put him in the team's history books.
Harper crushed a first-pitch fastball down the middle of the plate, sending the pitch even deeper to right. It was the 350th homer of Harper’s career, joining only eight active players to reach that mark (Giancarlo Stanton, 434; Mike Trout, 395; Paul Goldschmidt, 370; Manny Machado, 360; Freddie Freeman, 353; Nolan Arenado and Aaron Judge, 351).
Bryce Harper is on another level. Kyle Schwarber’s homer is on another planet: ... That version of Bryce Harper hit just three home runs in 151 plate appearances — none of them to the pull side.
In the first season of interleague play in 1997, a 94-loss edition of the Philadelphia Phillies pulled off a three-game sweep of the New York Yankees, the then-reigning World Series champions.