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Benches and bullpens cleared between the Philadelphia Phillies<\/a> and San Francisco Giants<\/a> at Oracle Park on Wednesday afternoon (GameTracker<\/a>) after lefty Kyle Harrison<\/a> threw two consecutive fastballs up and in on Bryce Harper<\/a>. Harper had phrases for Harrison after the primary pitch and the second hit Harper’s bat for a foul ball. He grounded out later within the at-bat.
Right here is the video. Admittedly, that is weak by “benches cleared” requirements, and it by no means qualifies as a “brawl.” No punches have been thrown, there was no shoving, and nobody on both facet was ejected.
Kyle Harrison buzzed Bryce Harper twice, inflicting Giants and Phillies benches to clear \ud83d\ude33 pic.twitter.com\/Q3BIIymj9N<\/a>
After the sport, Harrison and Harper every spoke about their perspective on the above incident. Harrison defined that he was simply making an attempt to get Harper out, and that he would’ve went inside once more if he had the chance — not as a result of he had malicious intent, however as a result of he felt it was the optimum spot to retire Harper:
“I’d’ve gone in once more. Why not?”<\/p>\n
Harper, in the meantime, acknowledged that Harrison wasn’t making an attempt to hit him. He additionally mentioned that he wasn’t “actually that mad” about the entire scenario.
“I wasn’t actually that mad.”<\/p>\n
Wednesday is the seven-year anniversary of the Harper vs. Hunter Strickland brawl at Oracle Park<\/a><\/span>. Harper, then with the Washington Nationals<\/a>, took exception to a Strickland fastball to the hip and charged the mound. The 2 had a historical past relationship again to the 2014 postseason, when Harper took Strickland deep and admired it.
“I do not need to go on a baseball discipline and attempt to battle someone,” Harper mentioned after the 2017 recreation (via MLB.com<\/a>). “Particularly when it is someone that it is previously. It is so previously that it isn’t even related anymore. … I do not know why he did it or what he did it for, however I suppose it occurs.” \u00a0
Harper, it must be famous, was hit in the face by a pitch in 2021<\/a><\/span> and in the thumb in 2022<\/a><\/span>. He suffered a fracture that required surgical procedure on his thumb, which sidelined him shut to 2 months. No hitter likes being buzzed up and in. Harper has extra cause to be upset than most given his plunkings lately.
Getting into Wednesday, Harper was 2 for two with a house run towards the younger Harrison, then he struck out in his first two at-bats. If Harrison threw at Harper deliberately, he picked a bizarre time to do it — Harrison had two strikes on Harper with two on and two outs.
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