Overview
- Schwarber’s 50th was a three-run drive off Mets reliever Justin Hagenman at Citizens Bank Park that left the bat at 110.4 mph and traveled 437 feet.
- He became just the second player in Phillies history to reach 50 homers in a season, with Ryan Howard holding the club record at 58 from 2006.
- He leads the National League in home runs and now ranks second in the majors behind Seattle’s Cal Raleigh at 53, according to the Associated Press.
- Fans delivered a roaring curtain call with MVP chants as the scoreboard flashed “50 Schwarbombs” following the seventh-inning blast.
- He can become a free agent after the season, and managing partner John Middleton has publicly expressed a desire to keep him in Philadelphia.