Nationals Park went silent in an instant. The thousands in attendance – so excited moments earlier to watch baseball after enduring a three-hour, one-minute rain delay — were in shock. Bryce Harper, the brightest star on a Washington Nationals roster full of them, was on the dirt behind first base holding his left knee in the first inning of the Nationals’ 3-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Saturday night. He was in agony and he was not getting up. The all-star right fielder had just slipped across the base attempting to beat Giants first baseman Ryder Jones to the bag for an infield single with a lunge as his helmet flew off. When his left leg landed beyond the bag, it planted and buckled. He then soared through the air past the first-base umpire, landed on his right side and immediately grabbed his left knee when he hit the ground. read more https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-apparent-knee-injury/?utm_term=.0aaf1c0cfc87
Bryce Harper injured in Nationals' win over Giants When Bryce Harper clutched at his left knee after slipping on first base, the stadium went silent and Dusty Baker feared the worst. Less than a year after watching catcher Wilson Ramos tear the ACL in his right knee on a noncontact play after a rain delay, Baker just hoped it wasn't that bad. But the uncertainty over Harper's injury overshadowed the Washington Nationals' 3-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Saturday night. read more http://www.espn.com/mlb/recap?gameId=370812120
