Bryce Harper hits second homer, races around bases again

19-year old Washington Nationals rookie sensation Bryce Harper hit his first Major League home run during the third inning of Monday's 8-5 win over the San.

WASHINGTON — Bryce Harper hit his first big league home run, helping lead the Washington Nationals to an 8-5 victory over the San Diego Padres on Monday night. Harper became the youngest major leaguer to homer

Bryce Harper hit his first big league home run last night, becoming the youngest player to do so since Adrian Beltre in 1998. And since 1980, only Beltre, Andruw Jones, and Ken Griffey Jr. hit a home run and were younger

Harper got his batting average back up to .241 for his 16-game major league career after it bottomed out at .213 over the weekend in Cincinnati, where Harper ended up with 10 stitches above his eye when he slammed his bat into a dugout wall in