It was quite a night for Kyle Schwarber.
The Phillies slugger hit four — count ‘em, four! — home runs Thursday night in a 19-4 rout of the Atlanta Braves.
That tied a major league record, and also put an end to an 0-for-20 slump in emphatic fashion. Schwarber became only the 21st batter to hit four home runs in a single game and just the fourth Phillie. Mike Schmidt, Chuck Klein and Ed Delahanty are the others.
The play-calling by announcers Tom McCarthy and John Kruk for each one was incredible.
The first homer deep to right field came in the opening inning.
Schwarber doubled his tally in the fourth.
Then made it three in the fifth inning.
And the historic fourth came in the seventh inning.
The scenes inside NBC’s control room were also something to behold.
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