WASHINGTON – Thanks to a former Nationals hero, the Phillies acted out the same script again Thursday night with another dramatic 10-5 comeback win over Washington at Nationals Park. In the top of the ninth, Bryce Harper crushed a two-run opposite-field home run – his 18th of the season – off Nationals reliever Gus Varland to break a 5-5 tie, and the Phillies completed their third straight ninth-inning fireworks display in the nation’s capital. The Phillies are the first team in Major League history to hit a go-ahead home run in the ninth inning of three consecutive games, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. Thursday, it was Harper’s turn doing the damage, putting away the team that chose him with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2010 MLB Draft. "He's not afraid of the stage, that's one thing for sure,” said interim manager Don Mattingly. “He's been in it his whole life. I don't think the stage bothers him. I think it probably motivates him when people get on him. It's probably something that he feeds off of a little bit." "He was stubborn to an approach, to a plan,” said Nationals manager Blake Butera. “He didn't chase. We tried to get him out of the zone there, but he's not going to do that. When he got a pitch in the zone, he stayed through it and went the other way and hit a ball really well." Fans in the right-field seats were chanting at Harper and the Phillies most of the night. After Harper hit the game-breaking home run, he gestured toward the loud contingent in the upper deck. "Yeah, obviously, ring finger though,” Harper said. “Make sure that's out there. Obviously, everybody heard \[the fans chant\
