PHILADELPHIA — In the sixth inning of a tie game Wednesday night, Bryce Harper stepped to the plate against a lefty sidearmer and saw six pitches. Three were down the middle, none was faster than 90 mph.
And Harper never took the bat off his shoulder.
It was a weird way to go down on strikes. The Phillies went down strangely, too, with Bryson Stott getting caught stealing second base as the tying run in the ninth inning of a 5-3 loss to the Brewers before a midweek crowd of 33,753 at Citizens Bank Park.
