Kyle Schwarber makes an MVP statement with 4 home-run game

It was quite a night for Kyle Schwarber The Phillies slugger hit four count em four home runs Thursday night in a - rout of the Atlanta Braves That tied a major league record and also put an end to an -for- slump in emphatic fashion Schwarber became only the st batter to hit four home runs in a single encounter and just the fourth Phillie Mike Schmidt Chuck Klein and Ed Delahanty are the others The play-calling by announcers Tom McCarthy and John Kruk for each one was incredible The first homer deep to right field came in the opening inning Kyle Schwarber takes sole possession of the NL lead with his th homer of the year pic twitter com KDcvNsdbPe Talkin Baseball TalkinBaseball August Schwarber doubled his tally in the fourth KYLE SCHWARBER SECOND HOMER OF THE NIGHT AND ON THE SEASON pic twitter com v l aylLYH Talkin Baseball TalkinBaseball August Then made it three in the fifth inning KYLE SCHWARBER THREE-HOMER NIGHT pic twitter com kR HyEqMhQ Talkin Baseball TalkinBaseball August And the historic fourth came in the seventh inning KYLE SCHWARBER -HOMER COMPETITION Tom McCarthy and John Kruk with the call for NBC Sports Philadelphia MLB pic twitter com wQTIu YEQ Awful Announcing awfulannouncing August The scenes inside NBC s control room were also something to behold This view from inside the NBCSPhilly tv truck of the th Schwarbomb is incredible they were going buckwild pic twitter com CMMYLOYjBp Jeff McDevitt JeffMcDev August Schwarber is the third sportsman this year to hit four HRs in a tournament and we can all savor that the Braves have been on the receiving end of two of those Schwarber had a chance to become the first athlete to ever hit five when he stepped up for his fifth at-bat facing Atlanta third baseman Vidal Bruj n who entered the encounter as a pitcher because the result was so lopsided The Phils DH popped out to leftfield on a mph toss by Bruj n The majority of Philly part of the evening was the smattering of boos heard at Citizens Bank Park as the Atlanta outfielder settled under the flyball Kyle Schwarber pops out with a chance to become the only member to hit five homers in a championship pic twitter com R afxTdNGL Talkin Baseball TalkinBaseball August Baseball stats nerds were quick to point out that a four-HR match is genuinely a rarer feat in Major League Baseball than pitching out a perfect championship Schwarber who is also a spokesperson for this year s Herr s Flavored by Philly chip competition is in the midst of the best season of his career and certainly warranted the MVP chants he got on the night The Kyle Schwarber Meeting pic twitter com Gqb wOjt D MLB MLB August His career-high home runs puts him atop the National League just one behind Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh and his Phils single-game record nine RBI give him total And it s not even September Ryan Howard s group record of homers set in has never looked more vulnerable Schwarber is at present on pace for Schwarber s helmet from the competition is headed to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown And he created his own Abbott Elementary crossover of sorts The ABC show has been at Citizens Bank Park filming an episode for next season and Schwarber taped a cameo appearance after the event Be on the lookout for a petition to have the Abbott cast at every Phillies home challenge for the rest of the year Philadelphia Phillies Kyle Schwarber reacts after a home run during a baseball event Thursday Aug in Philadelphia AP Photo Matt Slocum The post Kyle Schwarber makes an MVP announcement with home-run challenge appeared first on Billy Penn at WHYY