Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals was last night and one team took the series lead while the other fell behind. Yeah, it doesn't sound like a great lead but you try writing about basketball a lot and make it sound dramatic. It's either this or writing about Bryce Harper's walk off hit. Um...
Bryce Harper has been one of the most talked about rookies in the history of baseball. He's even become just about as talked about as his teammate, Stephen Strasburg, when he was a rookie. All the hype and he's actually holding his own. He did more than that last night when the Nationals took on the Mets in the first of a three game series. The game went into extras and the 12th brought excitement with the Mets took the lead in the top half and then Ian Desmond of the Nats hit in the game tying run in the bottom of the inning. Later, Bryce Harper came to the plate with the bases loaded and two outs and hit a base hit to left field to end the game. Nats win, 7-6. Though a very small feat in his young career, this was Harper's first walk off hit ever in the Bigs.
A good win for the Nationals as they are actually leading the NL East by a game over the Marlins and the Mets by a 1.5 games. I didn't expect the Nats to be doing this well. They look like a team that could make the postseason this year and not just next. Harper himself is still doing well with a .288 avg, 5 Hrs, and 14 RBI's. The thing that sticks out to me is that his OBP is .375 which is very impressive for this young rookie. Looking at how the Nats are doing, maybe we'll get to see how the postseason affects Harper.
P.S. Oh and Celtics won, 94-90 blah blah blah.
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