PHILADELPHIA — Slugger Kyle Schwarber hit four home runs Thursday night against the Atlanta Braves to become the fourth Philadelphia Phillies player and 21st major-leaguer to accomplish the feat.

Schwarber was 4-for-6 with a Phillies-record nine RBIs in the 19-4 victory. He took the National League home run lead with 49 and moved within one of the Seattle Mariners’ Cal Raleigh for the major-league lead. Schwarber, who played for the Chicago Cubs from 2015-20 , leads the majors with 119 RBIs.

Mike Schmidt was the last Phillies player to hit four homers in a game, doing against the Chicago Cubs in April 1976 at Wrigley Field. Schwarber had the third four-home-run game of the season, following Eugenio Suárez and Nick Kurtz.

The Phillies star started the power surge with a solo shot in th

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