Philadelphia Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber prolonged his Nationwide League house run lead on Tuesday evening by clubbing his fiftieth house run of the season in opposition to 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 house runs
Along with his fiftieth house run, Schwarber grew to become simply the second participant within the historical past of the Phillies franchise to achieve that milestone in a single season.
He joins former first baseman Ryan Howard who continues to be the franchise’s single-season record-holder with 58 house runs throughout the 2006 season. It will take fairly a sizzling streak for Schwarber to catch Howard’s file over the following few weeks, however he’s completely able to occurring a run that would assist him problem it.
Here’s a take a look at his fiftieth HR from Tuesday’s recreation:
