Kyle Schwarber made certain his Philadelphia Phillies bounced again after being swept by the New York Mets earlier this week.
Schwarber went 4-for-6 with 4 residence runs and 9 RBI in Philadelphia’s 19-4 win over the Atlanta Braves on Thursday. His first residence run of the night time got here within the first inning, a solo shot for his forty sixth of the season.
Within the fourth inning, the three-time All-Star blasted his second residence run of the night time (47), this time a two-run knock.
Schwarber’s third lengthy ball got here within the following body, together with his forty eighth being a three-run homer.
Lastly, within the seventh inning, Schwarber hit his fourth residence run (49) of the night time to proper discipline to come back inside one dinger of fifty for the season.
The 32-year-old made all types of historical past on Thursday towards the Phillies’ division rival. He already surpassed his earlier profession excessive for residence runs in a single season, but additionally turned simply the fourth participant in franchise historical past to have 4 homers in a recreation and the primary since Corridor of Famer Mike Schmidt did so in 1976.
Moreover, Schwarber is simply the twenty first participant in MLB historical past to realize this feat, and the fifth participant all-time with not less than 4 homers and 9 RBI in a recreation. Plus, Schwarber joined the Athletics’ Nick Kurtz and Seattle Mariners’ Eugenio Suarez as the one gamers to have a four-homer recreation this season — the primary time this has occurred.
Clearly, Schwarber and the Phillies have been anxious to get out of Queens and return to Philadelphia. The Phillies’ offense scored simply eight runs throughout the three-game set towards the Mets. They scored 19 runs off the Braves’ pitching on Thursday.
Schwarber obtained “MVP” chants from Phillies followers on Thursday, and rightfully so. He’s on his approach to breaking Ryan Howard’s earlier franchise document of 58 residence runs in a season, which earned him the 2006 Nationwide League MVP for his efficiency.
