Aguilar loses out in Derby

The Brewers’ Jesús Aguilar comes up short in the Home Run Derby against Rhys Hoskins.

Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Rhys Hoskins set the bar awfully high in the first round of the Major League Baseball Home Run Derby on Monday night, and Brewers slugger Jesús Aguilar couldn't catch up.

Hoskins defeated Aguilar, 17-11, in the opening round of the Derby bracket in Washington.

Aguilar came into the battle as the No. 1 seed after swatting 24 first-half home runs – the most in the National League and the most of any participant in the Derby. The true bracket paired Aguilar against the second-year Phillies outfielder, who hit 14 homers in the first half of the regular season but is not part of the actual All-Star Game roster.

The format in the opening round gave competitors 4 minutes to swing, with a 30-second bonus added for homers that exceeded 440 feet. Neither Hoskins nor Aguilar hit that threshold.

Batters also were afforded a single timeout during their set.

Hoskins got into a groove after taking a timeout midway through his 4-minute window and delivered a huge number, including a flurry in the final minute after it appeared he had grown fatigued.

It seemed Aguilar was hurt by two factors – a deliberate pace that never enabled him to put in the necessary volume of swings and a towering number of baseballs that shortened his window to work with.

Rules dictate that batting-practice pitchers (in this case, Brewers first-base coach Carlos Subero) couldn't throw his next pitch until the previous ball landed.

Aguilar will be one of a franchise-record five Brewers competing in Tuesday night's All-Star Game.

Bryce Harper of the Washington Nationals beat Kyle Schwarber of the Chicago Cubs in the final round.

Harper edged Schwarber, 19-18, after he received bonus time.

Young Witt prevails: The son of former major league pitcher Bobby Witt won the home run competition for highschool players.

Bobby Witt Jr. hit eight homers in 90 seconds at Nationals Park to beat Rece Hinds by one.

Witt’s dad pitched for seven teams in 16 seasons, winning 142 games.

The younger Witt has committed to play at Oklahoma.

Hinds has committed to play at LSU. He hit a 485-foot homer to the concourse behind the left-field bleachers, a longer blast than any of the four major leaguers who preceded him in the derby.