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Kyle Schwarber joins 30 home run club with bomb vs. Padres
The post Kyle Schwarber joins 30 home run club with bomb vs. Padres appeared first on ClutchPoints. Kyle Schwarber has tried to become a complete hitter this season. The Philadelphia Phillies DH is having a standout year at the plate in 2025, earning his third-career All-Star nod. But while he's raised his batting average, he hasn't lost his power stroke. Schwarber homered again on Friday, belting his 30th bomb of the year in a losing effort against the San Diego Padres. Facing San Diego starter Ryan Bergert in the third inning, down 3-1 with no one on and two out, Schwarber demolished a 94 mph four-seamer, launching the pitch 425 feet to right center. The solo blast made it a 3-2 game but the Phillies would not score again, losing 4-2 to San Diego. Kyle Schwarber's power surge doesn't lift Phillies Despite the team's struggles, Schwarber has been on an absolute tear of late. He now has a home run in three straight games with six RBI in that span. However, the Phillies have lost two of the three contests. Schwarber has five home runs, 12 RBI and a 1.128 OPS over his last nine games. The 11th-year veteran is on pace to surpass his career-high home run total, set in 2022 when he led the National League with 46 homers. And Schwarber is producing this power while becoming a more complete hitter. He's now slashing .254/.385/.560 with 69 RBI, 66 runs scored, a 156 OPS+ and 3.0 bWAR in 93 games for the Phillies. It's the seventh time the 32-year-old slugger has reached the 30-homer mark in a season and the fourth straight year he's hit at least 30 bombs. And, Schwarber reached a major career milestone in 2025, joining the 300 home run club in May. He's now up to 314 and counting. While Schwarber is thriving at the plate, the Phillies are struggling. The team has lost three of its last four since Zack Wheeler's near perfect game against the Cincinnati Reds last Sunday. Wheeler's dominant performance set the Phillies up with a 1.5 game lead over the New York Mets in the NL East. But the team squandered an opportunity to take control of the division. After the Phillies' latest loss they're 54-40 on the season with a half game lead over the Mets in the NL East. Philadelphia will look to get back on track when Wheeler takes the mound on Saturday. The veteran ace will face off against Padres starter Yu Darvish. Related: Why Phillies' Ranger Suárez declined All-Star game invitation Related: Phillies' perfect Emmanuel Clase trade proposal to Guardians
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Schwarber's 1,000th hit is 319th homer, topping mcgwire for most to the mark
Kyle Schwarber topped Mark McGwire for most home runs among players' first 1000 hits, hitting long ball No. 319. 'I don't know if that's a good thing or not,' the Philadelphia Phillies slugger said. Ten days after lifting the National League to victory in the first All-Star Game swing-off, Schwarber keeps going deep. He hit a pair of two-run homers in a 12-5 victory over the New York Yankees on Friday night. The first drive—his milestone hit—started the comeback from a 2-0 deficit. He even got the ball back after it was grabbed by a Phillies fan attending with his friends in Yankee Stadium's right-center field seats. 'I saw it on the video and then I see the dude tugging. I'm like: 'Oh, they all got Philly stuff on.' That was cool,' Schwarber said. He met the trio after the game, gave an autographed ball to each, and exchanged hugs. When he went to get a third ball to autograph, one of the three said he just wanted the potential free agent to re-sign with the Phillies. 'You show up to the field every single day trying to get a win at the end of the day, and I think our fans kind of latch on to that, right?' Schwarber said. 'It's been fantastic these last 3 1/2 years—four years now—the support that we get from our fans, and it means a lot to me that you know that they attach theirselves on our team.' Schwarber tied it at 2 in the fifth against Will Warren when he hit a 413-foot drive on a first-pitch fastball. After J.T. Realmuto's three-run homer off Luke Weaver built a 6-3 lead in a four-run seventh, and the Yankees closed within a run in the bottom half, Schwarber sent an Ian Hamilton fastball 380 feet into the right-field seats. Schwarber reached 1000 hits with eight more homers than McGwire. Schwarber has 36 homers this year, three shy of major league leader Cal Raleigh, and six homers in seven games since he was voted All-Star MVP. He has 33 multi-homer games. 'I don't know where we'd be without him,' Phillies manager Rob Thomson said. 'Comes up with big hit after big hit after big hit. It's just—it's amazing.' Schwarber is 32 and eligible for free agency this fall after completing a 79 million four-year contract. He homered on all three of his swings in the All-Star Game tiebreaker, and when the second half began, Phillies managing partner John Middleton proclaimed: 'We love him. We want to keep him.' 'He's been an incredible force all season long,' Realmuto said. 'What he's meant to his team, his offense, it's hard to put in words.' A World Series champion for the 2016 Chicago Cubs, Schwarber has reached 35 homers in all four seasons with the Phillies. He's batting .255 with 82 RBIs and a .960 OPS. He also has almost as many home runs as singles (46). Schwarber had not been aware he topped McGwire for most homers among 1000 hits. 'I had no clue. I didn't even know it was my 1000th to be honest with you,' he said.
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Schwarber's 1,000th hit is 319th homer, topping McGwire for most to the mark
NEW YORK (AP) — Kyle Schwarber topped Mark McGwire for most home runs among a player's first 1,000 hits, hitting long ball No. 319. 'I don't know if that's a good thing or not,' the Philadelphia Phillies slugger said. Ten days after lifting the National League to victory in the first All-Star Game swing-off, Schwarber keeps going deep. He hit a pair of two-run homers in a 12-5 victory over the New York Yankees on Friday night. The first drive, his milestone hit, started the comeback from a 2-0 deficit. He even got the ball back after it was grabbed by a Phillies fan attending with his friends in Yankee Stadium's right-center field seats. 'I saw it on the video and then I see the dude tugging. I'm like: `Oh, they all got Philly stuff on.' That was cool." Schwarber said. He met the trio after the game, gave an autographed ball to each and exchanged hugs. When he went to get a third ball to autograph, one of the three said he just wanted the potential free agent to re-sign with the Phillies. 'You show up to the field every single day trying to get a win at the end of the day and I think our fans kind of latch on to that, right?' Schwarber said. 'It's been fantastic these last 3 1/2 years, four years now, the support that we get from our fans and it means a lot to me that you know that they attach theirselves on our team.' Schwarber tied it at 2 in the fifth against Will Warren when he hit a 413-foot drive on a first-pitch fastball. After J.T. Realmuto's three-run homer off Luke Weaver built a 6-3 lead in a four-run seventh and the Yankees closed within a run in the bottom half, Schwarber sent an Ian Hamilton fastball 380 feet into the right-field seats. Schwarber reached 1,000 hits with eight more homers than McGwire. Schwarber has 36 homers this year, three shy of major league leader Cal Raleigh, and six homers in seven games since he was voted All-Star MVP. He has 33 multi-homer games. 'I don't know where we'd be without him,' Phillies manager Rob Thomson said. 'Comes up with big hit after big hit after big hit. It's just — it's amazing.' Schwarber is 32 and eligible for free agency this fall after completing a $79 million, four-year contract. He homered on all three of his swings in the All-Star Game tiebreaker, and when the second half began Phillies managing partner John Middleton proclaimed: 'We love him. We want to keep him." 'He's been an incredible force all season long,' Realmuto said. 'What he's meant to his team, his offense, it's hard to put in words.' A World Series champion for the 2016 Chicago Cubs, Schwarber has reached 35 homers in all four seasons with the Phillies. He's batting .255 with 82 RBIs and a .960 OPS. He also has almost as many home runs as singles (46). Schwarber had not been aware he topped McGwire for most homers among 1,000 hits. 'I had no clue. I even know it was my 1,000th, to be honest with you,' he said. ___ AP MLB:
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Schwarber's 1,000th hit is 319th homer, topping McGwire for most to the mark
NEW YORK (AP) — Kyle Schwarber topped Mark McGwire for most home runs among a player's first 1,000 hits, hitting long ball No. 319. 'I don't know if that's a good thing or not,' the Philadelphia Phillies slugger said. Ten days after lifting the National League to victory in the first All-Star Game swing-off, Schwarber keeps going deep. He hit a pair of two-run homers in a 12-5 victory over the New York Yankees on Friday night. The first drive, his milestone hit, started the comeback from a 2-0 deficit. He even got the ball back after it was grabbed by a Phillies fan attending with his friends in Yankee Stadium's right-center field seats. 'I saw it on the video and then I see the dude tugging. I'm like: `Oh, they all got Philly stuff on.' That was cool.' Schwarber said. He met the trio after the game, gave an autographed ball to each and exchanged hugs. When he went to get a third ball to autograph, one of the three said he just wanted the potential free agent to re-sign with the Phillies. 'You show up to the field every single day trying to get a win at the end of the day and I think our fans kind of latch on to that, right?' Schwarber said. 'It's been fantastic these last 3 1/2 years, four years now, the support that we get from our fans and it means a lot to me that you know that they attach theirselves on our team.' Schwarber tied it at 2 in the fifth against Will Warren when he hit a 413-foot drive on a first-pitch fastball. After J.T. Realmuto's three-run homer off Luke Weaver built a 6-3 lead in a four-run seventh and the Yankees closed within a run in the bottom half, Schwarber sent an Ian Hamilton fastball 380 feet into the right-field seats. Schwarber reached 1,000 hits with eight more homers than McGwire. Schwarber has 36 homers this year, three shy of major league leader Cal Raleigh, and six homers in seven games since he was voted All-Star MVP. He has 33 multi-homer games. 'I don't know where we'd be without him,' Phillies manager Rob Thomson said. 'Comes up with big hit after big hit after big hit. It's just — it's amazing.' Schwarber is 32 and eligible for free agency this fall after completing a $79 million, four-year contract. He homered on all three of his swings in the All-Star Game tiebreaker, and when the second half began Phillies managing partner John Middleton proclaimed: 'We love him. We want to keep him.' 'He's been an incredible force all season long,' Realmuto said. 'What he's meant to his team, his offense, it's hard to put in words.' A World Series champion for the 2016 Chicago Cubs, Schwarber has reached 35 homers in all four seasons with the Phillies. He's batting .255 with 82 RBIs and a .960 OPS. He also has almost as many home runs as singles (46). Schwarber had not been aware he topped McGwire for most homers among 1,000 hits. 'I had no clue. I even know it was my 1,000th, to be honest with you,' he said. ___ AP MLB:
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Kyle Schwarber hits 2 homers, including his 1,000th career hit, in Phillies' 12-5 win over Yankees
Kyle Schwarber hit two home runs to power the Philadelphia Phillies to a 12-5 win over the New York Yankees on Friday. The first of his homers was also his 1,000th career hit, coming on a first-pitch, 92.6 mph fastball from Yankees starter Will Warren in the middle of the strike zone in the fifth inning. That tied the score at 2-2 after the Yankees took an early 2-0 lead on a first-inning homer by Cody Bellinger and another in the second inning from Austin Wells. Phillies starter Taijuan Walker gave up another home run to Giancarlo Stanton in the sixth. All three homers he allowed were solo shots with two outs. Bellinger's came on a curveball hung in the middle of the strike zone, while Wells hit his homer on an inside cutter. Stanton got a 92.3 mph fastball down the middle after Walker tried to work him outside the zone. That was his 435th homer of his career, adding to his lead among active players. Mike Trout is the next closest player with 396 career home runs. Defense continued to be an issue for the Yankees when Paul Goldschmidt fielded a Nick Castellanos grounder at first, then made an errant throw trying to get Trea Turner out at home in the seventh inning. The throw went wide left and high out of Wells' reach, allowing the tying run to score. But an accurate throw probably wouldn't have gotten Turner out either. Goldschmidt's error looked even worse when J.T. Realmuto then crushed an 88.4 mph changeup from Luke Weaver 414 feet into the left-field stands to give the Phillies a 6-3 lead. The Yankees cut the deficit to 6-5 in the bottom of the inning when Anthony Volpe hit a hanging slider from Jordan Romano into the left-field corner. Pinch-hitter Ben Rice followed with a single, then advanced to third on a balk and Trent Grisham groundout. He was driven in on a sacrifice fly by Aaron Judge, tying Seattle's Cal Raleigh with his 84th RBI of the season. However, the Phillies padded their lead in the eighth on Schwarber's second home run of the game, a two-run shot off a 95.4 Ian Hamilton fastball throw in the high middle of the zone. With that homer, Schwarber tied the Arizona Diamondbacks' Eugenio Suárez for second in the NL with 36. It was also his 11th in July, topping Suárez and Kyle Stowers of the Miami Marlins. Schwarber finished 3-for-4 with four RBI, while Turner also hit 4-for-5 with a triple. The Phillies (59-44) moved into a first-place tie in the NL West, pending the New York Mets' matchup with the San Francisco Giants on Friday night. Combined with the Toronto Blue Jays' 6-2 win over the Detroit Tigers, the Yankees dropped to 5.5 games out of first place in the AL East. Toronto has won 18 of its past 22 games.
