Kyle Schwarber had the green light count at 3-1, then sent the next pitch sailing.

Schwarber launched a three-run homer over Citizens Bank Park's left-center wall in the seventh inning on Tuesday night, blowing open the Phillies' 9-3 rout of the Mets while notching his 50th home run in what's been an unreal year for the star slugger.

The South Philly crowd erupted as Schwarber rounded the bases, and stayed on its feet for the curtain call. It was history, after all.

Schwarber became the second Phillie ever to reach 50 home runs in a single season, joining former first baseman Ryan Howard, who crushed 58 homers in his breakout NL MVP year back in 2006.

Howard's 58 homers from 2006 are also the Phillies' franchise single-season leader, and Schwarber now has just over a couple of weeks le

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