On Saturday night, Mike Trout tied Bryce Harper for the MLB lead, blasting his sixth home run of the season. Early in Sunday’s game, Harper wasted no time reclaiming that lead with an absolutely gorgeous moon shot to center field.
Here’s a look at the solo shot, which put the Washington Nationals up 1-0 over the Colorado Rockies.
Bryce really wanted to reclaim his league lead in homers. pic.twitter.com/p1rRLfHPXF
— MLB (@MLB) April 15, 2018
It was kind of a big deal for another reason, too.
Bryce Harper's seventh home run of the year was his first career against Tyler Anderson. This is the second home run Anderson has given up to the Nationals with the last coming on April 24, 2017.
— Kristen Lee (@KristenLee__) April 15, 2018
Harper was also wearing some pretty sweet Jackie Robinson tribute cleats on Jackie Robinson Day, while wearing No. 42 to honor him.
Bryce Harper wore these cleats today honoring Jackie Robinson.
He has already homered.
(Designed by @SolesBySir) pic.twitter.com/i8KXVPGTA8
— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) April 15, 2018
Harper has been a man on a mission since the start of the season, and social media has taken note.
Here are some of the best reactions we saw.
The pitching community really should know by now to avoid belt-high fastballs to @Bharper3407
— Jake Schultz (@StJake29) April 15, 2018
https://twitter.com/apsteig/status/985576106982948864
https://twitter.com/IsaiahNYYkid/status/985576547418628102
https://twitter.com/KTunnicliff/status/985577050533761024
https://twitter.com/aszuba/status/985578018772062208
Yeah, Bryce homered again. Because that's what Bryce does #Nats: https://t.co/xRfODb79HQ
— Oliver Macklin (@basebollie) April 15, 2018
Bryce Harper has hit more hr’s than some MLB teams have
— alex (@ajgoutlook) April 15, 2018
Bryce Harper today pic.twitter.com/GzfvJV9HIh
— Vic (@AmbitionRise) April 15, 2018