Harper had a golf ball-sized welt above the corner of his left eye and required 10 stitches to close a wound opened when Harper slammed his bat into the dugout wall in frustration and had it bounce back into his head. "I just got caught up in the moment," Harper said, "blood still staining the hair on the back of his head after he spent much of the seventh and eighth innings wiping it off his face. “I want to do so well. Although manager Davey Johnson said that he thought Harper would miss a couple games due to the mishap, Harper contradicted that thought, according to Comak. “I think I’m good,” he said, adding that he never felt woozy or dazed and didn’t undergo a concussion test. “[The] doctor said I could play, so I’m going to play.” 
 
 Harper was in good spirits about the incident, smiling as he summoned reporters to his locker.
– Temper, temper: Young star Bryce Harper of the Washington Nationals might miss a few games after he a hurled a bat against the dugout wall and it bounced back and hit him near the eye, reports the Washington Times. He needed 10 stitches to close the cut and had a welt the size of a golf ball afterward. "I just got caught up in the moment," said Harper, who slammed the bat after grounding out as part of an 0-for-5 night. One teammate already is calling him "Bam Bam," writes Amanda Comak. The Bleacher Report has more.