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PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES first baseman Bryce Harper revealed he kept plans for a football-style home-run celebration secret until he knocked one over the right field wall in his side’s 7-2 victory over the New York Mets at London Stadium on Saturday.
The Mets were up 1-0 after the first inning of the two-game London Series opener, but the “visiting” Phillies piled on the runs after Harper tied it up with his solo shot in an explosive, six-run fourth that also included a three-run blast by Whit Merrifield.
Harper, who walked out to the Spice Girls’ Wannabe and had a special bat designed for the trip, commemorated his homer with a knee slide in front of the Phillies dugout.