Kyle Schwarber opened Wednesday afternoon's showdown between the Philadelphia Phillies and Toronto Blue Jays with a solo home run, tying Alfonso Soriano in the MLB record books.
The Philadelphia Phillies left fielder hit a 416-foot solo home run off of Bowden Francis to lead off Wednesday's series finale against the Toronto Blue Jays. Francis had a 1.05 ERA, 0.408 WHIP, 10.2 strikeouts per nine innings and a .089 batting average against in August, stringing together a five-start streak that had never been matched by any right-hander in MLB history, only for his luck to run out against Schwarber.
As a result, Schwarber is the single-season record-holder in the National League history books. With one more leadoff bomb in the next 25 days, he would take full possession of the MLB record. The 31-year-old slugger is batting .248 with an .854 OPS, both of which are his highest figures since joining the Phillies in 2022.
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