Both Bird and Harper would get ejected for their part in the scrum. In his first two games back to action after returning from a broken finger, Harper has played a large part.

It didn’t escalate beyond that or become an actual basebrawl. The Philadelphia Phillies are glad to have their MVP back in the middle of their lineup. Impact Harper has been a DH-only player for the Phillies in the first half of the 2023 season following a swifter-than-expected recovery from Tommy John surgery. As far as an altercation, it was mostly shouting. That led to the benches and bullpens clearing as both teams tried to separate Harper and Bird. We've got a brawl underway in Colorado and Bryce Harper is at the center of it /81PcXV1cT0 Harper was going at it with Rockies pitcher Jake Bird after Bird clapped his glove at him /ZU7bpJU8kn 19 hours ago &0183 &32 Harper has been a DH-only player for the Phillies in the first half of the 2023 season following a swifter-than-expected recovery from Tommy John surgery, but hes been doing pregame work at first. Instead, Harper emerged from the dugout to shout back at Bird, and the Rockies pitcher responded by clapping his glove mockingly at Harper - not exactly a way to de-escalate a situation. Harper clearly did not appreciate Bird talking trash after a shaky performance, but he could have let it go. As he was walking off the mound, Bird appeared to say something to the Phillies dugout. Staked to a 2-1 lead, Gray (6-6) shut down the meat of. With the Rockies up four runs in the seventh inning, Bird worked around two walks to get out of the inning with no runs allowed. 14 hours ago &0183 &32 PHILADELPHIA (AP) Stone Garrett hit a two-run homer and Josiah Gray forced two pop-ups and struck out a batter that left the potential go-ahead run stranded in the pivotal sixth inning to lead the Washington Nationals to a 2-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday night. It was a frustrating afternoon all around in Denver for Bryce Harper, and Rockies reliever Jake Bird managed to end Harper’s day early.

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