Philadelphia Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber prolonged his Nationwide League dwelling run lead on Tuesday night time by clubbing his fiftieth dwelling run of the season towards the New York Mets. It not solely gave him the primary 50HR season of his profession, it additionally put him in some fairly unique firm each with the Phillies and all of Main League Baseball.
Solely the second Phillies participant to hit 50 dwelling runs
Along with his fiftieth dwelling run, Schwarber turned simply the second participant within the historical past of the Phillies franchise to succeed in that milestone in a single season.
He joins former first baseman Ryan Howard who remains to be the franchise’s single-season record-holder with 58 dwelling runs in the course of the 2006 season. It could take fairly a scorching streak for Schwarber to catch Howard’s document over the subsequent few weeks, however he’s completely able to happening a run that might assist him problem it.
Here’s a take a look at his fiftieth HR from Tuesday’s recreation:
