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Bryce Harper Hits Two Historic Home Runs in Game 3 Drubbing of Atlanta Braves

The Philadelphia Phillies used a six-run third inning (and two home runs by Bryce Harper) to rout the Atlanta Braves and a take 2-1 series lead in the NLDS.
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Bryce Harper Hits Two Historic Home Runs in Game 3 Drubbing of Atlanta Braves
Bryce Harper Hits Two Historic Home Runs in Game 3 Drubbing of Atlanta Braves

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The Philadelphia Phillies routed the Atlanta Braves 10-2 on Wednesday night to take a 2-1 series lead in the best-of-five National League Division Series.

As a result, the Phillies are now just one win away from a return trip to the National League Championship Series while the Braves are one loss away from elimination. 

The Phillies got an excellent pitching performance from right-hander Aaron Nola in the win, but also got a dominant six-run third inning offensively in the victory.

Included in that six-run third inning was a three-run home run by Bryce Harper, one of his two on the day.

Those two runs made some baseball history for the Phillies' veteran.

Per ESPN Stats & Info:

And now Harper has the most HR in NLDS history. 

Harper is also the 7th Phillies player with a multi-HR game in the postseason, joining: Jayson Werth (2x) Chase Utley (2x) Rhys Hoskins Ryan Howard Pat Burrell Lenny Dykstra

Harper now has 10 home runs in the Division Series round between his career with the Nationals and Phillies. He surpassed the previous record of nine, held by Braves' legend Chipper Jones.

Harper went 2-for-5 on the night and is now hitting .353 in the playoffs. Though he missed nearly the first two months of the season while recovering from Tommy John surgery, Harper still managed to hit .293 this regular season with 21 homers and 72 RBI.

He's a .282 lifetime hitter in the playoffs. 

Game 4 of the series is set for Thursday night at 6:07 p.m. ET.

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Brady Farkas
BRADY FARKAS

Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University. You can follow him on Twitter @WDEVRadioBrady. 

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