Phillies’ Bryce Harper Hit by 95-mph Fastball, Leaves Game With Injury
May 27, 2025
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J.P. Hoornstra writes and edits Major League Baseball content. A veteran of 20 years of sports coverage for daily newspapers in California, J.P. covered MLB, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and the Los Angeles Angels (occasionally of Anaheim) from 2012-23 for the Southern California News Group. His first book, The 50 Greatest Dodgers Games of All-Time, published in 2015. In 2016, he won an Associated Press Sports Editors award for breaking news coverage. He once recorded a keyboard solo on the same album as two of the original Doors.
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Atlanta Braves pitcher Spencer Strider hit Phillies star Bryce Harper with a 95-mph fastball in the first inning Tuesday in Philadelphia, causing the first baseman to exit the game.
The pitch hit Harper in the right elbow — the same elbow on which he had Tommy John surgery after the 2022 World Series.
Edmundo Sosa took over for Harper as the pinch runner and stayed in the game as the Phillies’ third baseman.
Harper exited the first after Strider hit him with a 95.3mph fastball to the elbow. Edmundo Sosa is pinch running.
— Charlotte Varnes (@charlottevarnes) May 27, 2025
Harper, a two-time National League MVP, is hitting .267 this season with eight home runs and 33 RBIs. He’s in the seventh year of a 13-year, $330 million contract signed before the 2019 season.
Bryce Harper #3 of the Philadelphia Phillies in action during a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Citizens Bank Park on May 18, 2025 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Bryce Harper #3 of the Philadelphia Phillies in action during a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Citizens Bank Park on May 18, 2025 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Hunter Martin/Getty Images
Strider, an All-Star in 2023, is making only his third start of 2025, the result of two injuries.
The right-hander underwent a season-ending internal brace procedure on his right elbow in April 2024, and the ensuing recovery period delayed his debut until April 16.
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After that game, a five-inning outing against the Blue Jays in Toronto, Strider went back on the injured list with a hamstring strain. This is his second start in his return.
One of baseball’s hardest throwers prior to his elbow injury, Strider struck out an MLB-leading 281 batters in just 186.2 innings across 32 starts in 2023. He made the National League All-Star team that year, and was fourth in NL Cy Young voting, while going 20-5 with a league-leading 2.85 FIP (fielding independent pitching).
Harper is just the 16th batter Strider has hit in 70 career games (57) starts.
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