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April 3, 2017 / 3:16 PM

Watch Bryce Harper start the season with a blast

⬆️⬆️⬇️⬇️⬅️➡️⬅️➡️🅱🅰START. https://t.co/RhwecTFLw5 pic.twitter.com/RN50V3Z6rL
— Washington Nationals (@Nationals) April 3, 2017

The Washington Nationals started the season on the right foot when star Bryce Harper hit his fifth opening day home run. Harper's blast in the sixth brought the Nationals to within one of the visiting Miami Marlins.

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