They said that the Philadelphia Phillies’ window was closing. But, well, Kyle Schwarber grabbed a crowbar and smashed it wide open and reminded everyone that the games are not done yet. After going hitless in the first two games against the Los Angeles Dodgers, he came out swinging like a man who was possessed in Game 3. Facing Yoshinobu Yamamoto, he launched a 96 mph fastball 455 feet over the Dodger Stadium right field.

This is no cakewalk, and it’s a place only legends like Willie Stargell have reached before. That blast tied the game, and the energy somehow flipped. And then it was all Phillies from then on. They piled on two more runs in the fourth and then five off Clayton Kershaw in the eighth and got that 8-2 win. Schwarber, although he was not done yet, added a second dinger late

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