Harper blew out the candles on his way around the bases, as the Phillies hit three homers in a span of 23 pitches in a 5-3 victory over Arizona.
hadn’t played on his birthday before. It’s in the middle of October, after all. So, after bashing the first pitch of his first at-bat to the right-center field bleachers, he thought of an appropriate way to mark turning 31.
It was Schwarber’s hardest-hit ball since that 119 mph shot against the Padres, and it caused the sold-out crowd to erupt. “I’ve always wanted to play on my birthday,” Harper said before the game. “A Game 1 win would be awesome. That’s what you want any time you’re in your own ballpark and doing that.”
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