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Manager Rob Thomson has talked a lot this season about how rest can sometimes do a hitter good.

No doubt Edmundo Sosa agrees. He is now the first Phillies shortstop to hit three home runs in a game.

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And Kyle Schwarber? Well, he’s just a monster. He's two home runs closer to breaking Ryan Howard's franchise record for most home runs in a season (58).

The rest of the team certainly looked playoff ready on Wednesday as the Phillies clinched the No. 2 seed and a first-round bye with an 11-1 thrashing of the Marlins at Citizens Bank Park. On what started as a somber, damp night finished with all the electricity of a summer lightning storm.

Reinstated from the Injured List prior to Wedne

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