Kyle Schwarber Had an Insane Stat Line in Toronto
Schwarbs went nuclear in Canada on Tuesday night. This stat line looks like it was generated by a create-a-player with the sliders all the way up in The Show:
Kyle Schwarber with a box-score line you don’t see much!
6 AB 4 R 5 H 6 RBI 3 HR
The only other time we’ve seen it in the modern era:
Dave Winfield, on April 13, 1991!
— Jayson Stark (@jaysonst) September 4, 2024
Only two players in #Phillies history have 5 hits and 3 HR in a game.
Mike Schmidt (1976)
Kyle Schwarber (2024)Schmidt’s 5-hit, 3-HR game was when he hit 4 HR in Wrigley Field in 1976.
— Jeff Kerr (@JeffKerrCBS) September 4, 2024
It’s now the second time he’s hit three home runs in a game this season.
This game was HUGE after the Brewers lost to the Cardinals. Phils need to squeeze out every win they can since the Brewers play teams below .500 in 10 of their next 23 games. The team clawed back multiple times, but were never able to get it within more than two until Schwarbs smoked one with the exit velocity of a million:
KYLE SCHWARBER FOR THE LEAD! HIS 3RD OF THE NIGHT! pic.twitter.com/A3tQIgtk0W
— Crossing Broad (@CrossingBroad) September 4, 2024
Fuck it lets see all three again at the same damn time:
All 3 Schwarbombs at once pic.twitter.com/9dUz7eCzm6
— Luke Arcaini (@ArcainiLuke) September 4, 2024
Kyle Schwarber is the first #MLB player since 1974 to have three consecutive seasons hitting 30+ HR batting out of the leadoff spot. #Phillies
— Jeff Kerr (@JeffKerrCBS) September 4, 2024
You want to know how even more historic this night was? This is the first time the Phillies have won a game Taijuan Walker has appeared in since May 22nd. What a win.
Thank god the calendar flipped to September. If it was August still these guys would’ve packed it in, lost 10-1, and Garrett Stubbs would be closing us out on the mound. Something about the Phillies that after Labor Day they start to kick it into gear and actually try. I love that Schwarbs attributed a three run home run night to playing golf and a fantasy football draft:
“It was a really fun night for the boys!” ⛳
Golfing and a fantasy football draft is how the Phillies spent their off day on Monday according to Kyle Schwarber. 😂 pic.twitter.com/zddUjGzvES
— NBC Sports Philadelphia (@NBCSPhilly) September 4, 2024
I’ve never come home and hit three home runs after those activities. All I ever get is a hangover and sunburn.