In his second game with the Philadelphia Phillies, Bryce Harper hit his first home run (after signing a 13-year, $330 million deal over the offseason), and it was no cheapie.
Harper annihilated a fastball from the Atlanta Braves’ Rocky Biddle, and sent it 465 feet — with 113.7-mph exit velocity — to the second deck in right field at Citizens Bank Park.
https://twitter.com/Phillies/status/1112124609174867969
Crushed it. pic.twitter.com/lEH25nMPSI
— MLB (@MLB) March 30, 2019
Madness pic.twitter.com/9UJZZmkDho
— Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies) March 30, 2019
Bryce Harper's first HR with the Phillies is his 2nd-longest HR tracked by Statcast, at 465 ft.
His longest HR? 473 ft off Nick Pivetta — who started today for the Phillies, now Harper's team. pic.twitter.com/aBfwfiK8vS
— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) March 30, 2019
What a bomb.
The Phillies would go on to win 8-6, and are 2-0 in the Bryce Harper era.
