Overview
- Harper delivered a two-run, go-ahead home run in the ninth inning that completed a seven-run rally and gave the Phillies a 10-5 win in Washington on Thursday.
- A section of Nationals fans repeatedly chanted a vulgar phrase at Harper during the game, and he acknowledged the crowd by raising a finger he later called his "ring finger."
- Harper called the reaction "weird" given his seven years with Washington and said he treats the boos as part of the game.
- The win completed a 3-1 series sweep for the Phillies and extended a hot stretch for the club that included seven wins in their last ten games and moved them closer to the NL East lead.
- No disciplinary action or formal MLB response to the gesture has been reported, and coverage noted a single-source claim that the Phillies have hit go-ahead ninth-inning homers in three straight games.