Kyle Schwarber homered on Joe Musgrove's fourth pitch and Bryce Harper also had one of the Philadelphia Phillies' five home runs in a 9-3 victory over the San Diego Padres on Friday night. Musgrove (3-3) allowed a career-high four homers and didn't get out of the fourth. Aaron Nola (4-1) was brilliant in pitching eight innings for the second straight start.
At 3:32 p.m. in Cleveland on April 28, 2012, Mike Trout led off a game for the Los Angeles Angels after his last call-up from triple A. Six hours later at Dodger Stadium, Bryce Harper made his major-league debut for the Washington Nationals. » READ MORE: Bryce Harper begins the second act of his career as a first baseman. Drafted one year apart by teams on opposite coasts, Trout and Harper made swift, concurrent rises through the minor leagues and lived up to the hype as generational stars. Trout settled the who's-the-better-player argument by finishing second, second, first, second, first, fourth, second, and first in American League MVP voting from 2012 to 2019.
Following a split series with the Reds that gives way to a West Coast road trip, here are five Phillies thoughts currently on my mind... If the Harper family adds another child to the bunch, Harper homering in the following game is the lock of the century. Harper's 2024 campaign has been a bit up and down, but after his two-hit performance on Thursday, his OPS is now .835. How about this Harper note... he has more MVPs (2021 National League, 2022 NLCS) as a Phillie than All-Star appearances (just 2022) now in his sixth season with the franchise.
No | Player | P |
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46 | P | |
54 | P | |
58 | P | |
23 | P | |
50 | P | |
43 | P | |
27 | P | |
56 | P | |
51 | P | |
39 | P | |
30 | P | |
25 | P | |
55 | P | |
61 | P | |
22 | P | |
99 | P | |
45 | P |
No | Player | P |
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13 | C | |
10 | C | |
21 | C |
No | Player | P |
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28 | 3B | |
3 | 1B | |
33 | 2B | |
5 | 2B | |
7 | SS |
No | Player | P |
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8 | RF | |
16 | LF | |
9 | LF | |
19 | CF | |
18 | CF |
No | Player | P |
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12 | DH |