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Bryce Harper’s Grapefruit League campaign started with a solo home run to right off New York Mets’ lefty Sean Gilmartin. Harper got all of a hanging 1-0 breaking ball and hit one heck of a homer onto the grassy knoll behind the right field fence in the top half of the second, in his first at bat of the Spring.

Think he has something to prove this season? Or did he just get a hanger? #Narrative.

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Harper's long solo home run

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Harper’s blast gave Washington a 1-0 lead early in the first game of the Spring, and the Nationals added to their lead with a two-run home run to center by non-roster invitee Neftali Soto in the top of the fifth that made it 3-0 in what ended up an 8-6 win in Port St.