PHILADELPHIA -- Bryce Harper's first homer of the season wasn't enough to prevent the Boston Red Sox from winning their eighth straight game, 7-4, against the slumping Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday night.
The 30-year-old Harper, batting as the designated hitter, was playing in his fourth game since returning from Tommy John surgery on his right elbow on Nov. 23. The two-time National League MVP drove a full-count 89 mph sinker from right-hander Corey Kluber (2-4) to the opposite field and over the wall in left-center with nobody on and one out in the fifth inning, cutting Philadelphia's deficit to 5-3.