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Associated Press
Jul 25, 2025, 11:58 PM ET
NEW YORK -- Philadelphia Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber topped Mark McGwire for astir location runs among a player's archetypal 1,000 hits, hitting agelong shot No. 319 during Friday night's 12-5 triumph implicit the New York Yankees.
"I don't cognize if that's a bully happening oregon not," Schwarber said.
Ten days aft lifting the National League to triumph successful the archetypal All-Star Game swing-off, Schwarber keeps going deep. He deed a brace of two-run homers Friday night, with the archetypal drive, his milestone hit, starting the comeback from a 2-0 deficit. He got the shot backmost aft it was grabbed by a Phillies instrumentality attending with his friends successful Yankee Stadium's right-center-field seats.
"I saw it connected the video and past I spot the dude tugging," Schwarber said. "I'm like: 'Oh, they each got Philly worldly on.' That was cool."
He met the trio aft the game, gave an autographed shot to each and exchanged hugs. When helium went to get a 3rd shot to autograph, 1 of the 3 said helium conscionable wanted the imaginable escaped cause to re-sign with the Phillies.
"You amusement up to the tract each azygous time trying to get a triumph astatine the extremity of the day, and I deliberation our fans benignant of latch connected to that, right?" Schwarber said. "It's been fantastic these past 3½ years, 4 years now. The enactment that we get from our fans and it means a batch to maine that, you know, that they connect themselves to our team."
Schwarber tied it astatine 2-2 successful the 5th against Will Warren erstwhile helium deed a 413-foot thrust connected a first-pitch fastball.
After J.T. Realmuto's three-run homer disconnected Luke Weaver built a 6-3 pb successful a four-run seventh and the Yankees closed wrong a tally successful the bottommost half, Schwarber sent an Ian Hamilton fastball 380 feet into the right-field seats.
Schwarber reached 1,000 hits with 8 much homers than McGwire. Schwarber has 36 homers this year, 3 shy of large league person Cal Raleigh, and six homers successful 7 games since helium was voted All-Star MVP. He has 33 multihomer games.
"I don't cognize wherever we'd beryllium without him," Phillies manager Rob Thomson said. "Comes up with large deed aft large deed aft large hit. It's conscionable -- it's amazing."
Schwarber, 32, is eligible for escaped bureau this autumn aft completing a four-year, $79 cardinal contract. He homered connected each 3 of his swings successful the All-Star Game tiebreaker, and erstwhile the 2nd fractional began, Phillies managing spouse John Middleton proclaimed: "We emotion him. We privation to support him."
"He's been an unthinkable unit each play long," Realmuto said. "What he's meant to his team, his offense, it's hard to enactment successful words."
A World Series champion for the 2016 Chicago Cubs, Schwarber has reached 35 homers successful each 4 seasons with the Phillies. He's batting .255 with 82 RBIs and a .960 OPS.
He besides has astir arsenic galore location runs arsenic singles (46).
Schwarber had not been alert helium topped McGwire for astir homers among 1,000 hits.
"I had nary clue. I didn't adjacent cognize it was my 1,000th, to beryllium honorable with you," helium said.
