Watch: Harper wakes up Nationals Park with game-tying moonshot
The @Nationals needed a moment.
— MLB (@MLB) October 8, 2017
Enter @BHarper3407. #Crushed pic.twitter.com/Qlc26NlQcj
There he is.
Bryce Harper had been held uncharacteristically quiet in Game 1 of the National League Division Series when he managed to hit just a measly single in the series opener against the Chicago Cubs. He wasn't about to let it happen again in Game 2.
#NLDS pic.twitter.com/A4J9rFXLKN
— MLB (@MLB) October 8, 2017
The Washington Nationals outfielder connected with all of Carl Edwards Jr.'s 80-mph curveball in the eighth inning Saturday, depositing it well into the second deck, tying Game 2 at 3-3 and simultaneously sending Nationals Park into a frenzy.
Nationals fans were delighted even further three batters later, when Ryan Zimmerman stroked a three-run home run to give the Nationals a late 6-3 lead.