WATCH: Bryce Harper sends the Philadelphia Phillies fans at Citizens Bank Park into utter pandemonium with go-ahead home run

Philadelphia Phillies star Bryce Harper's first-inning two-run blast had the city of Philadelphia rocking once again. The NLCS MVP opened the scoring in Game 3 of the World Series after smacking the first pitch he saw from Houston Astros pitcher Lance McCullers and converted it into a towering 402-foot home run to right field.

It was Harper's sixth home run of the postseason and his 12th and 13th runs batted in. Fans and spectators cannot help but admire his dinger along with the cheers of the fans at Citizens Bank Park. It has to be taken and replayed through multiple angles.

Harper's early bomb set the tone for the Phillies in the game. The Phils would pepper Houston starter Lance McCullers with four more home runs as the hurler gave up seven runs early on and would be pulled after just 4 1/3 innings.

Bryce Harper: Record-breaking machine

Given how hot Harper's bat has been in the postseason, it is no wonder that he is making and breaking records left, right, and center.

Harper became just the seventh player since the turn of the millennia to hit a home run on back-to-back pitches at home in the playoffs.

With his first inning two-run home run, the reigning National League MVP also cemented himself in the history books after now being tied for the second-most go-ahead home runs in postseason history.

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Daniel Santiago is a journalist who has been reporting on baseball at Sportskeeda since 2022. He was drawn towards the sport after the underlying statistics and the analysis surrounding it grabbed his attention.

Daniel particularly enjoys furnishing reports about historic events in baseball and analyzing the game through a statistic-based outlook, based on Fangraphs and Baseball-Reference. This is in line with how he enjoyed watching baseball as a pastime. As a writer, he is very particular about cross-checking from reputable sources and doing his due diligence.

He became a lifelong Hideki Matsui fan after his exploits in the 2009 World Series for the New York Yankees. Among the current generation, Daniel's favorites include Shohei Ohtani and Jung Hoo Lee. Daniel is a huge follower of Asian baseball and both Ohtani and Lee have been in the top echelon of their respective leagues during their time with the NPB and KBO.

His favorite moment as a baseball fan was the final at-bat of the 2023 World Baseball Classic between Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout. He believes there aren't many words to fittingly describe the intensity of the moment.

As an avid sports fan, Daniel watches other sports and Esports when not writing about baseball.

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