The fans at Citizens Bank Park had already witnessed a form of history.

Now they wanted a true anomaly.

They rose to their feet and whipped out their phone cameras as Kyle Schwarber strode to the plate the night of Aug. 28.

The Phillies had a 19-4 lead on the Braves in the eighth inning, so the outcome was not in doubt. But with his sixth at-bat of an epic evening, Schwarber had a chance to do something outrageous.

“And here comes Kyle Schwarber,” Phillies broadcaster Tom McCarthy said. “No player in baseball history has ever hit five home runs in a game!”

This 2025 season has been the Year of the Four-Homer Game . Schwarber did it that night . Eugenio Suárez, now with the Mariners, did it for the Diamondbacks in an April 26 loss to the Braves . And A’s rookie Nick Kurtz did i

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