Overview

• Schwarber went 4-for-6 with nine RBIs, becoming the 21st MLB player — and first Phillie since Mike Schmidt in 1976 — to hit four homers in a game.
• His homers came in the 1st, 4th, 5th and 7th innings off Cal Quantrill, Austin Cox (twice) and Wander Suero, before a late pop-up against position player Vidal Bruján ended a bid for a fifth.
• The performance gave him the National League lead at 49 home runs and the MLB lead at 119 RBIs, leaving him one behind Seattle’s Cal Raleigh for most homers in the majors.
• Philadelphia tied a franchise record with seven home runs and emphatically bounced back from a Mets sweep, a response manager Rob Thomson called a character win.
• Schwarber’s 49 homers are second most in a Phillies season, trailing Ryan Howard’s 58 in 2006, bolstering his MVP case as he nears free agency.