HAGERSTOWN, Md. - In the bottom of the seventh inning, Bryce Harper walked with two outs and a man on second base.
Facing Lakewood pitcher Tyler Knigge, Harper worked the count to 2-2, then 3-2.
Harper then fouled off a pitch and forced the walk. The 2010 No. 1 overall pick is now 0-for-3 with a walk on the game.
Lakewood continues to lead the Suns 8-4.
HAGERSTOWN, Md. - Lakewood led the Suns 8-2 heading into the bottom of the sixth inning.
Bryce Harper, who was 0-for-2 with a groundout and a strikeout, led off the inning with a sharp grounder to the Lakewood first baseman, who gloved it cleanly and threw to the pitcher for a 3-1 putout.
Harper now 0-3 on the night.
After giving up just one run over his first 15 2/3 major league innings, Zach Britton allowed four in the last of the third at Cleveland tonight as the Tribe took the lead on the Orioles.
Britton looked sharp at the start tonight, retiring the first six batters with three strikeouts.
But Cleveland, which is 8-4 and tied for first in the AL Central, broke through with a four-run, six-hit inning. It included Lou Marson's RBI single, Asdrubal Cabrera's two-run single and a Travis Hafner sac...
HAGERSTOWN, Md. - Lakewood led 5-0 heading into the bottom of the fourth. Bryce Harper was due up second in the inning.
Adrian Sanchez led off with a clean base hit, the first of the game for the Suns. Harper then worked the count to 2-2 before striking out swinging on a changeup from BlueClaws starter David Buchanan.
Harper is now 0-2 in his home debut.
The Suns scored a run in the inning on an error by the shortstop.
Lakewood leads 5-1 heading to top of fifth.
HAGERSTOWN, Md. - The Lakewood BlueClaws lead the Suns 5-0 in the bottom of the third. The BlueClaws scored three runs on four hits off Hagerstown starter Chris McKenzie in the second.
Then in the third, Torre Langley smacked a two-run double down the right field line that Bryce Harper got to, but then he air-mailed the cutoff man at first base.
Harper is 0-1 at the plate and is six batters away from his next at-bat, likely in the fourth inning.
HAGERSTOWN, Md. - The Hagerstown Suns (6-2) are hosting the Lakewood Blueclaws on Friday night in their home debut from Municipal Stadium.
Lakewood did not score in the top of the first.
In the bottom of the first inning, designated hitter Randolph Oduber led off with a walk, but second baseman Adrian Sanchez followed by grounding into 5-4-3 double play.
Bryce Harper, batting third, took a called strike and a ball to even the count at 1-1.
On the third pitch of the at-bat, Harper broke his...
HAGERSTOWN, Md. - Nationals No. 1 draft pick
HAGERSTOWN, Md. - The Hagerstown Suns have posted their lineup for tonight's Bryce Harper home debut at Municipal Stadium versus the Lakewood BlueClaws.
The team arrived home by sleeper bus from Lexington, Ky., at 8 a.m. The team was required to be back at the stadium by 2:30 p.m.
Here is the lineup for the Suns (6-2):
Randolph Oduber DH
Adrian Sanchez 2B
Bryce Harper RF
David Freitas C
Mills Rogers 1B
Wade Moore LF
Blake Kelso 3B
Jason Martinson SS
Michael Taylor CF
Righthander Chris...
The Orioles will send out the following lineup tonight in Cleveland as they try to end a four-game skid at a ballpark where they've posted a 20-47 record:
Brian Roberts 2B
Nick Markakis RF
Derrek Lee 1B
Vladimir Guerrero DH
Luke Scott LF
Adam Jones CF
Mark Reynolds 3B
Matt Wieters C
Cesar Izturis SS
Zach Britton LHP
For the Indians:
Michael Brantley CF
Asdrubal Cabrera SS
Shin-Soo Choo RF
Shelley Duncan LF
Travis Hafner DH
Orlando Cabrera 2B
Matt LaPorta 1B
Lou Marson C
Adam Everett...
Think Orioles center fielder Adam Jones doesn't take the responsibility of donning Jackie Robinson's legendary No. 42 once each season? Think again.
Tonight is Major League Baseball's annual celebration of the brave and talented player who broke the game's color barrier in 1947 with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Tonight, everyone in baseball will be wearing No. 42 (even Yankees closer Mariano Rivera, who's allowed to continue wearing that jersey number because he was doing so before Commissioner...