After blasting two home runs against the Seattle Mariners, Philadelphia Phillies star Bryce Harper spoke about stepping up in Zack Wheeler's absence.

Bryce Harper had a big night on Monday, as he hit huge homers to help the Phillies score a win in the series opener against the Mariners.

Phillies' Bryce Harper is 1st in MLB this season with prodigious home run feat originally appeared on The Sporting News Bryce Harper reminded the baseball world how special he is on Monday night. The Philadelphia Phillies slugger did something that no one else has done this entire MLB season.

Sánchez had 12 strikeouts and allowed two earned runs across 6⅓ innings. Realmuto, who also had an RBI single in the third inning, hit the go-ahead two-run shot in the eighth.

Realmuto, who hit his ninth homer, reached base three times and had three RBIs. He also had an RBI single and reached on a catcher’s interference call on Mariners backstop Mitch Garver. It was the third time in a month the Phillies were on the positive side of a catcher’s interference call.

Trea Turner collected five hits and two RBIs while Kyle Schwarber drove in five runs, including a National League-leading 45th homer, as the Phillies routed the Mariners 11-2 to complete a three-game

PHILADELPHIA — Before he launched a 440-foot homer that he followed with a 448-foot homer, Bryce Harper smacked a slider to dead center. He missed the barrel. He knew it and looked disgusted. He jogged to first base as Julio Rodríguez caught the fly ball, then clapped his hands a few times. “Just missed it,” Harper said.