The Chicago Cubs are navigating an offensive slump. There's currently one player who's single handedly a slump buster.

Former Chicago Cubs slugger and current Phillies star Kyle Schwarber had a historic night on Thursday. He hit four home runs Thursday night against Atlanta to become the 21st major leaguer and fourth Phillies player to accomplish the feat.

Schwarber batted in nine RBIs and recorded 16 total bases on the evening; overall, he has 49 homers on the year and has driven in 119 RBIs. The Cubs, in comparison, have three home runs and eight total runs in their last three games.

The backstory:

Schwarber was 4 for 6 with a Phillies-record nine RBIs in the 19-4 victory. He took the outright National League homer lead with a career-high 49 and moved within one of Seattle's Cal Rale

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