Bryce Harper carried his bat almost the entire way up the first-base line on Thursday. He couldn’t be sure if the ball he hit in the seventh inning would clear the center-field fence or be caught on the warning track.

They played 10 innings, struck out 19 times and won. No team in baseball history had won an opener while accumulating that many strikeouts.

As one of the younger players on the Phillies’ roster over the last three seasons, Bryson Stott was a charter member of a group that became known as the “Daycare.” But the kids are grown up now. Because as the stars on the marquee move closer to their mid-30s,

The Philadelphia Phillies were led by their two best power-hitters on Thursday against the Washington Nationals.

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The right-handed sluggers had not helped the Phillies' cause in the regular season or postseason. But Realmuto crushed a two-run triple in the 10th inning Thursday.

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