Philadelphia Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber tied a major league record by hitting four home runs against the visiting Atlanta Braves on Thursday night, becoming the second player in little more than a month to accomplish the feat.

The National League home run leader now with 49, Schwarber hit the record-tying blast on a 1-2 pitch off Atlanta reliever Wander Suero with two on and one out in the bottom of the seventh inning. That also gave him a club-record nine RBIs on the night.

The Phillies won the game 19-4, hitting a club-record-tying seven home runs as a team.

Schwarber got a chance at No. 5 in the bottom of the eighth inning but popped out to shallow left field on a 57 mph pitch by Braves infielder Vidal Brujan.

"I wish I didn't ask the question in the cage how many guys hit five

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