LOS ANGELES — Bryce Harper has been through a lot in the last six days.
His fourth child, a son named Hayes Three, was born on Oct. 2. Two days later, the Phillies had a playoff game. With his club down 0-2 and facing elimination against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the Division Series, Harper got on a cross-country flight on the morning of Oct. 7 with his teammates in hopes of saving the season.
“Played a lot of cards,” Harper said. “That was fun. Obviously, we didn’t think about the game or anything like that.”
The Phillies and Harper will have to move on from back-to-back disappointing results in Games 1 and 2 of the NLDS back home at Citizens Bank Park.