VIDEO: Bryce Harper celebrates homer with majestic hair flip; Scherzer earns 1st win with Nats
Bryce Harper is on a mission to debunk the myth he's baseball's most overrated player.
The Washington Nationals outfielder absolutely destroyed a hanging curveball in the first inning of Friday's contest against the Philadelphia Phillies. The three-run shot gave the Nationals an early 3-0 for fireballer Max Scherzer, who tossed eight innings of one-run ball to pick up his first win with Washington and lower his ERA to 0.83 with the 7-2 victory.
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Yasiel Puig and other sluggers around the league tend to celebrate these occasions with a bat flip, but Bryce opted for a more personalized celebration.
The blast was Harper's third of the season and set a new power precedent for the 22-year-old.
Bryce Harper: 3rd HR in his 11th game of the season (took him 35 games to hit 3 HR last season)
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Ironically, Harper has now homered in each of Scherzer's three starts this season.