Once he had reached out and poked Jeanmar Gómez's sinker to left field, and once he saw the ball safely hit grass and start rolling toward the corner, Daniel Murphy's eyes shifted to the man running the bases in front of him.
"I'm watching Bryce," Murphy said.
As were 38,664 fans, and everybody else inside a crowded Nationals Park on this rare Friday late-afternoon ballgame.
Bryce Harper, who was standing off first at the time of the pitch in the bottom of the 10th, didn't hesitate...
