PHILADELPHIA -- Ryan Howard finally has some company in the Phillies' 50-homer club.

Kyle Schwarber became just the second player in franchise history to reach the historic milestone when he teed off for No. 50 in the seventh inning of Tuesday night's 9-3 victory over the Mets at Citizens Bank Park.

It had been a long time coming for Schwarber ... well, by his standards anyway. The Phillies slugger had not homered since his record-tying four-homer game on Aug. 28 -- a season-high 10-game drought.

Schwarber ended that streak in style, smashing a three-run shot off Mets righty Justin Hagenman that gave the Phillies a 7-1 lead. The ball smashed off the pitch clock in straightaway center field after leaving Schwarber's bat at 110.4 mph and traveling a Statcast-projected 437 feet.

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