LOS ANGELES -- Kyle Schwarber homered twice, his first towering shot clearing the right-field pavilion in a three-run fourth inning, and the Philadelphia Phillies avoided a sweep with an 8-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 3 of the National League Division Series on Wednesday night.
It was the first Schwarbomb of the postseason for the NL's leading home run hitter and the first allowed by the Dodgers in these playoffs. Schwarber snapped an 0-for-8 skid in the NLDS, slugging a 96 mph fastball from Yoshinobu Yamamoto 455 feet.
"It's ridiculous how far that ball went," Phillies shortstop Trea Turner said. "Sometimes it's hard to create your own momentum, and you've got to build off things like that. No better way than the ball leaving the stadium."
Schwarber became