Schwarber Hits 4 HRs as Phillies Tie Franchise Record with 7 Homers
Schwarber Smashes Four Homers as Phillies Set Franchise Record with Seven
Philadelphia – Kyle Schwarber put on a historic display at the plate, blasting four home runs to lead the Phillies to a dominant win over Atlanta, tying the franchise record with seven homers in a single game.
Schwarber opened the scoring with a solo shot in the first inning, added a two-run homer in the fourth, a three-run blast in the fifth, and capped his historic night with another three-run homer in the seventh. He came close to a fifth homer in the eighth but flew out to left against infielder Vidal Brujan on a slow 57 mph pitch.
J.T. Realmuto, Max Kepler, and Bryce Harper also went deep, helping Philadelphia reach a total of seven home runs. Schwarber finished with a club-record nine RBIs, extending his league-leading totals to 49 homers and 119 RBIs.
For Atlanta, Michael Harris II drove in two runs, while Matt Olson hit a solo homer. Braves starter Cal Quantrill (4-12) struggled, giving up nine runs and nine hits — including four home runs — in just 3 1/3 innings, with no walks and no strikeouts.
Philadelphia starter Aaron Nola (3-7) returned from a three-month injury layoff, pitching six innings while allowing four runs and four hits, walking three and striking out four. Atlanta jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning, but Schwarber quickly turned the momentum.
Schwarber’s first long ball off Quantrill came with one out in the opening frame. After a Harper single, Realmuto added a two-run shot, followed by Kepler’s two-run homer, putting the Phillies ahead 5-3. Harper went deep in the third, and the Phillies erupted for six more runs in the fourth, with Bryson Stott and Trea Turner’s RBI hits ending Quantrill’s night. Reliever Austin Cox allowed a two-run homer to Schwarber and later a two-run double to Alec Bohm, extending the lead to 12-3.
Schwarber returned to the plate in the fifth and sent an opposite-field homer over the left-field wall, then added his fourth in the seventh with a line drive to right field. He became the fourth Phillie — and the first since Mike Schmidt in 1976 — to hit four home runs in a single game.
This season has now seen three different players hit four homers in a single game — Schwarber, Nick Kurtz, and Eugenio Suárez — the most in MLB history for a single season.
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