['batterName | Harper', 'homeRunNumber | first', 'inningNumber | ninth', 'pitchResult | connected', 'pitchResult | pinch-hit_homer', 'scoreTally | trailing_4-3', 'teamName | Washington']
Harper was supposed to have a day off, but he stepped up to lead off the ninth with Washington trailing 4-3 and connected for the first pinch-hit homer of his career.