PHILADELPHIA -- Kyle Schwarber wasted no time making an emphatic statement on Thursday night.

Then, he made another. And another. And ... another.

Schwarber became just the 21st player in Major League history to hit four home runs in a single game when he did so against the Braves at Citizens Bank Park. He’s the fourth Phillie to accomplish the feat, joining Mike Schmidt (April 17, 1976), Chuck Klein (July 10, 1936) and Ed Delahanty (July 13, 1896).

The NL MVP candidate started his night with a 450-foot solo blast to the second deck in right field in the opening frame. He added a towering two-run homer down the right-field line in the third, then went the opposite way for a three-run homer in the fifth.

Schwarber then joined the exclusive four-homer club with another three-run shot i

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