Patrick Wisdom had a two-run double and Matt Duffy hit a three-run homer off JD Hammer in the third for a 7-0 lead. Hector Neris (3-6) got the win in two innings of relief. He might not miss out on either by the end of the season. Harper won the 2015 NL MVP with a Washington Nationals team that missed the playoffs. “I'm not going to do this every single night,” Harper said. The Phillie Phanatic danced on the dugout and pumped his furry green arms in the air as fans chanted “MVP!” Harper hit his 33rd homer of the season into the second deck in the seventh, a three-run shot off Rex Brothers for 15-8 lead. Didi Gregorius sliced a single to about the same spot as Harper’s hit and drove in two, and the Phillies led 10-7.
Harper lined an RBI double the other way to left off Manuel Rodriguez (3-3) with one out in the sixth for an 8-7 lead. The shaky bullpen pitched three scoreless innings, giving Harper more time to come through in the clutch. It looked like I was watching a different pitcher out there tonight.
It didn't look like he trusted his stuff tonight. “It just looked like he couldn't execute much,” Ross said. Realmuto, who hit the tying solo homer in the eighth inning of Wednesday’s 6-5 win, delivered again with a two-run single up the middle off Michael Rucker that tied it at 7.Ĭubs manager David Ross said Hendricks “lost his feel” on the mound as the Phillies rallied. Harper hit again in the fourth against 14-game winner Kyle Hendricks - Andrew McCutchen’s two-RBI double made it 7-5 - and walked to load the bases with two outs in his second at-bat of the inning. Just don't ask Harper - he says he refuses to look at his statistics. “It's been a show for quite a while," Girardi said. 314 with a 1.055 OPS and 77 RBIs this season. He has a hit in 21 of his last 22 games and is batting. 436 (17 for 39) with four doubles, seven homers, 14 RBIs and 11 walks over that stretch. Harper doubled and scored in the fourth, extending his hitting streak to 12 games. But he’s a big reason why we’ve hung around, just because of the season that he’s had and the last 2 1/2 months, whatever he’s done. “We’re all involved in this, right? And the game is always, to me, about our team. “I don’t ever think about it like we don’t want to waste someone’s season,” manager Joe Girardi said. Year three of his $330 million, 13-year deal has been his best one yet. “I want to keep playing well and have good at-bats, have good games and just be where we need to be down the stretch.”Įach team scored seven runs in an inning, the Cubs taking a 7-0 lead in the third against a pair of relievers in a bullpen game that seemed headed toward a loss that would crush Philadelphia’s season. “It feels good but we’ve got a while to go,” Harper said. With Harper as hot as can be, can the Phillies be counted out yet? San Diego and Cincinnati also lead Philadelphia in the wild-card chase. The Phillies are three games behind first-place Atlanta - rained out Thursday - in the NL East with 16 games left this season, and 2 1/2 games behind St. Harper’s NL MVP candidacy - Philly fans call him MV3 - is thriving.Īlso alive, improbably, given the start in this one, is Philadelphia’s playoff push. Harper doubled to start a seven-run, game-tying rally in the fourth inning, doubled in the go-ahead run in the sixth and sealed the Philadelphia Phillies’ 17-8 win over the Chicago Cubs on Thursday night with a three-run homer in the seventh. PHILADELPHIA - Bryce Harper keeps earning those “MVP!” chants in Philly.
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