On a night Bryce Harper was announced as a starting first baseman at the All Star Game after finishing as the leading vote getter in the National League, it looked like it was business as usual for the BTIB behind one of their four aces. Until it wasn’t.
The Philadelphia Phillies dropped the opening game of their four-game series with the Miami Marlins 7-4 on Thursday night courtesy of a dizzying late-game collapse.
The newly minted All Star opened the scoring with an RBI double, his 20th of the season. The hit was the 1,600th of Harper’s career and extended his hit streak to 12 games, the fourth longest active streak in the majors.