Bryce Harper Reacts to Game-Tying HR After Misplay in Phillies Win vs. Braves in MLB Playoffs G2

Philadelphia Phillies star Bryce Harper had quite the sequence between the bottom of the seventh inning and the top of the eighth during his team's 4-3 win Wednesday

A costly fielding error ultimately led to a pair of Braves' runs, allowing them to take a 3-1 lead. But Harper then followed up Kyle Schwarber's solo homer with one of his own the very next inning, tying the game right back up.

Harper spoke about both moments following the win:

"You've got to flush [the mistake] as quickly as possible knowing that [Braves' pitcher Dylan Lee] is coming into the game," Harper said. "And obviously I was hearing it pretty good from Braves' and Phillies' fans behind the dugout. So gotta show up in that situation. Kyle had a great at-bat and then... I wasn't not trying to hit a homer, I'll tell you that."

Harper primarily played first base this season and shifted to right field after second baseman Luis Arráez—who is unavailable for this series due to a sprained ankle suffered last Thursday—was acquired at the trade deadline, requiring a reshuffling of the infield. He's generally been steady since moving back to the outfield, though Wednesday's error was nearly costly.

And his redemption arc wasn't complete without a few of his teammates chipping in.

There was pitcher Andrew Painter, who came out of the bullpen and threw three scoreless innings, earning the win. Not too shabby for Philadelphia's fifth starter, who isn't accustomed to pitching out of the bullpen.

Or as Harper described Painter's performance: "Absolute dawg mentality, closes the door for us."

And then there was Alec Bohm, who put the Phillies up by a run in the top of the 10th inning with an opposite-field homer.

"No, I didn't," Bohm admitted in his post-game interview on NBC when asked if he knew he hit a homer off the bat. "I don't really know what happened. I was trying to pull the ball off the foul pole and I hit it to right field so, I'll take it."

It all set up a decisive Game 3 on Thursday in Atlanta (start time pending). Both games have come down to dramatic moments in the later innings, so don't expect the decider to be any different.

"It's in our DNA," Schwarber told reporters regarding Wednesday's comeback. "We're not going to quit."