Harper hits 350th career homer, 4 teammates also go deep in Phillies’ loss to the Red Sox

PHILADELPHIA AP Bryce Harper hit the th homer of his career and four Phillies teammates also went deep Wednesday night yet it wasn t enough for Philadelphia to beat the Boston Red Sox Harper s milestone home run came in the first inning off Boston starter Lucas Giloito He hit a first pitch fastball into the second deck in right field at Citizens Bank Park The -foot homer run was his longest since a -foot blast on Sept against the New York Mets It s pretty awesome Harper reported after the Phillies - -inning loss to Boston On an individual note I m super happy about it But I dependably want to win obviously and not getting the win was pretty tough The homer was the hardest hit ball of the season for Harper who has begun to look like his former MVP self in current weeks In his last games the -year-old slugger has hits for extra bases including five home runs He became the th player in MLB history to reach homers in a career and is the eighth functioning player to accomplish the feat He is also the youngest in that group of eight to reach that milestone Despite the loss the Phillies can take specific solace that the offense has been starting to drive the ball with more authority since the All-Star break It s disappointing to lose Phillies manager Rob Thomson announced But the offense was good tonight Harper s homer came right after a home run by Kyle Schwarber who has gone deep four times in the last six games and ranks third in the NL with homers Nick Castellanos Bryson Stott and J T Realmuto also homered in the loss for the Phillies Realmuto s homer was his first against a left-handed pitcher this season Stott also doubled playing in a contest after his wife gave birth to their second child a son earlier on Wednesday It was a big night for the offense Harper declared I thought we ve swung the bat well all series I thought we had particular great at-bats I m super pumped for Stott obviously having a baby at in the morning not getting much rest and then coming in and doing what he did in the event that s baseball I swear it happens every time AP MLB https apnews com hub mlb Source