Harper delighted Nationals Park with a spectacular victory in the Homerun derby

Bryce Harper won the Homerun derby, which preceded the MLB Star Game. The Batter Show was held tonight at National National Park in Washington, DC, where the selections of the National and American League will be held in the evening tonight. In the final, Washington National Outfitts had a dramatic 19:18 lead over Kyle Schwarber (Chicago Cubs) and became only the third baseball player to triumph in the derby of his own club mentioned by answers for mlb predictions stadium. Prior to Harper`s 33-year history of the spectacle, this was achieved only by Rein Sandberg (Chicago Cubs) in 1990 and Todd Frazier (Cincinnati Reds) in 2015.

In the first two elimination rounds, the star of the hostshot Freddy Freeman (Atlanta Braves) and Max Muncy (Los Angeles Dodgers) with 13:12. Schwarber then beat Alex Bregman (Houston Astros) at 16:15 and over Rees Hoskins (Philadelphia Phyllis) at 21:20. By the way, each participant had 4 minutes and received a bonus of 30 seconds. if he hit two home runs over 440 feet (130 m). In the final, Harper was second and fell 9:18 at less than a minute on the chronometer. The Slug, however, achieved something phenomenal, firing nine homers in the final 50 seconds. and one more in your added time. `Thank you to this great audience, they are here every night, they were here and now to support me, I can not be happier to be here!`, said Bryce, who at the endthe season became a free agent and then turned to his father, Ron Harper, playing his role as a hitter in the Homerun derby. `Dad was incredible tonight.`He threw a lot of strikes and managed to enter the series just as he had to.`

Minutes after the end of the derby in social networking fans of Chicago Cubs blamed the Harper family for `scam`. According to angry fans at the last minute Harper-senior did not wait for the ball to land befo re making the next roll to his son. And this is technically contrary to the regulation.

Sasuolo turned Empoly

Sassuolo defeated Empoli in the first round of Serie A in the 5th round. The hosts of Sita del tricolore made a 3:1 lead. They first got a goal in their door, but then they got tired and made a complete turn to get the three points. The meeting started very badly for the hosts. Leonardo Kapezzi advanced on the right in the 1 st minute and tried a pass that rebounded into a defender and fell into Francesco Caputo, who scored a 0-1 lead. Sassuolo, however, reacted well and in the 13th minute he managed to equalize. Kevin-Prince Boateng received a pass around the penalty area and knocked the ball into the net for 1:1.

At the beginning of the second half, a complete turnaround took place. Then, after cornering from corner corner, Jan Marco Ferrari headed for 2:1.

In the 71st minute the guests stayed in a reduced hand after Miha Zajic was sent off with a second yellow card because of a simulation attempt for a penal penalty in the hosts` field.

In the 85th minute the green-blacks decided everything with a third goal. Paul Lirola advanced to the right wing and landed for Federico Di Francesco, who scored fifth with a beautiful goal for the final from contact with surebets 3:1. So Sassuolo returned to the winning road and again came out in second place in the 10-point ranking. Empoli has 4 consecutive games without success and goes down to the table, being in the 16th position with 4 points



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