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He smacked 21 homers in an incredible semifinal effort to eliminate Rhys Hoskins, and it made it difficult for Harper in the final by putting up 18 more homers. Only Giancarlo Stanton in 2016 has recorded more homers in a single competition. WASHINGTON --David Ortiz can now laugh, sort of, at the shifting culture of baseball. For J.D. Martinez, Nolan Arenado, Aaron Judge and every other All-Star hitter, dealing with different defensive alignments is just part of the game. Bryce Harper has won the Home Run Derby in his home ballpark, providing another memory to Nationals fans in what could be his final season in Washington.
Schwarber hit 16 to edge Alex Bregman by one, and Max Muncy knocked out Javier Baez, walking out of the batter's box on his 17th homer with about 30 seconds left on the 4-minute clock. Wearing a District of Columbia flag bandanna on his forehead, Harper hit 13 homers at Nationals Park to eliminate Freddie Freeman in the first round of the competition the night before the All-Star Game. He hit six homers measured at more than 440 feet, the most of any competitor. The Chicago Cubs' Schwarber hit the most home runs in the derby with 55 through three rounds. Kyle Schwarber won't be an All-Star, but he's as good of a bet as anyone to put on a show in Washington. When he connects, his power takes over, and he'll likely put together a few highlight reel swings on Monday.
Harper rallied to beat Kyle Schwarber in the final round
The semifinal matchup between Schwarber and Philadelphia's Rhys Hoskins was a thriller. After stunning top-seed Jesus Aguilar of Milwaukee in the opening round, the eighth-seeded Hoskins ripped 20 long balls to put the pressure on Schwarber. In addition to a Netflix-like on-demand streaming library, Hulu now also offers a bundle of live TV channels, including ESPN. You can sign up for “Hulu with Live TV” right here, and you can then watch a live stream of the home run derby on your computer via the Hulu website, or on your phone, tablet or streaming device via the Hulu app. You could tell Schwarber was straining a bit with his endurance by the end, but he still used that sweet swing to muster 18 home runs in the final round. That gives Schwarber a total of 55 homers for the night, which is the second-most ever in a single Home Run Derby performance behind Giancarlo Stanton in 2016.
Harper returned to hit three more home runs in 22 seconds, the last of them inside the right-field foul pole. Hours before the session, Harper spoke excitedly about having his dad pitch to him in the contest. The 25-year-old said his father "worked his tail off every single day to provide for me and my family" and "now being able to have him throw to me in a big league ballpark is the cherry on top."
Harper Defeats Muncy!
That looked like too much for Harper, but he rallied with nine home runs in the final minute to tie Schwarber, then blasted a walk-off in extra time to win the trophy. Harper gave an uppercut fist pump after matching Kyle Schwarber's 18 homers in the championship round on the final swing of his allotted 4 minutes. Because he hit two homers over 440 feet, Harper got 30 seconds of extra time.
The 2018 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby was a home run hitting contest between eight batters from Major League Baseball . The derby was held on July 16, 2018, at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., the site of the 2018 MLB All-Star Game. Bryce Harper was the winner, as he beat Kyle Schwarber, in the final 19–18, winning the derby in front of his hometown crowd. He tied Schwarber on the last pitch as time expired in regulation; then won it with 16 seconds left in bonus time. Kyle Schwarber set a great pace with 18 in his final round, including one in bonus time. Schwarber ends his night with 55 home runs in three rounds, the second-highest total in derby history.
Round 1: Hoskins def. Aguilar, 17-12
Homers hit off a T-Mobile Ball during the final minute result in a $10,000 donation to charity by T-Mobile & MLB, to Team Rubicon. In each round, each batter will receive four minutes to hit as many home runs as possible, with no limit on outs or swings. Each player will be allowed to take one timeout during the first round and the semifinals, and the two players in the final will be granted two timeouts.
In his second season with the Brewers, Aguilar already has surpassed his previous career home run total. The top seed will go up against another young slugger in Rhys Hoskins of the Phillies. The Home Run Derby will consist of an eight-player bracket, with four head-to-head matchups in the first round, two head-to-head matchups in the semifinals, and one final round between the two finalists. The Home Run Derby began with an upset when eighth-seeded Rhys Hoskins of the Phillies ousted top-seeded Jesus Aguilar of the Brewers. Aguilar had a solid showing, going for 12 home runs, but it wasn't enough to match Hoskins' 17. The hometown favorite moved on in his first-round matchup, with Nationals slugger Bryce Harper booming 13 home runs.
Players can stop the clock with a 45-second timeout in each of the first two rounds. Participants in the championship round get a 45-second timeout and an additional 30-second timeout. The event has gone through several format changes, and Major League Baseball appears satisfied with the current format, which includes eight participants belting long balls in two brackets.
The eight-man field taking the plate at Nationals Park is made up of seven National League sluggers and one from the American League. Harper faces Freddie Freeman in the first round of the event bracket. Milwaukee's Jesus Aguilar is the top seed, and he'll take on Rhys Hoskins to start. Alex Bregman vs. Kyle Schwarber and Javier Baez vs. Max Muncy are the other two matchups. Rhys Hoskins tied for the best total in the first round with 17, then promptly opened the second round with an even better showing. He blasted 19 home runs in his four minutes, and also earned the bonus 30 seconds with two long shots.
As the ball cleared the wall, the left-handed hitting Harper walked out of the batter's box and thrust both arms in the air. In a Home Run Derby without many superstars, Harper stands out as the biggest name in the competition. The hometown favorite and pending free agent will look to put on a show in front of National fans, while division rival Freddie Freeman of the Atlanta Braves will look to upset the powerful lefty. During Harper's bonus 30 seconds, he hit a pair of dingers to win it, including the clinching shot over the centerfield wall. Bryce Harper headlines the field for the 2018 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby in his home stadium.
Kyle Schwarber put on a show, including a pair of long blasts to give him an extra 30 seconds. That proved vital in holding off Alex Bregman, who nearly rallied to tie Schwarber. Bregman's last swing produced a line drive off the wall, ending the nail-biting matchup.
It was even sweeter as Murray got the win over Deveaux in the All-Bahamian final in the Home Run Derby. For Fox, it was a double dose of victory, firstly for the success of the entire week and secondly as his team got the win over Isaacs’ team. “My guys said they were going to perform and I’m so glad that they did,” Fox said. Also in attendance, although he didn’t participate in the Home Run Derby, was Jasrado ‘Jazz’ Chisholm, the seventh Bahamian to play in the Major League. WHEN they got the Don’t Blink Home Run Derby started in 2018, neither Todd Isaacs Jr nor Lucius Fox envisioned that the event would become such a spectacular for the world to see in the Bahamas. The fans dutifully cheered most home runs during the first round, but they saved their loudest cheers for Harper, the last player to step to the plate.
Festivities for the2018 MLB All-Star Gamekicked off on Monday night when eight of baseball's top sluggers took their swings in the Home Run Derbyat8 p.m. Competitors who are tied at the end of the round will each get an additional minute to try to hit as many long balls as possible. If the score still remains tied, each batter will get three swings until the deadlock is broken. Bregman -- the lone AL representative -- appeared defeated with a minute left, but he mounted a late surge and lost when his final swing produced a drive that landed at the base of the center-field wall.
Aguilar hit too many balls to straightaway center, where the wall stands over 400 feet from the plate. Hoskins pumped most of his drives into the left-field seats, where it's 336 feet down the line. After Freeman hit 12 home runs over the 4-minute span, Harper unleashed six shots of at least 440 feet and secured the victory with a drive to center long before the clock expired.
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