Kyle Schwarber Reaches Major Career Milestone in Phillies Win

Schwarber’s next big milestone to hit will be his 400th career home run, which, if he continues at the same pace, could come early next season. The slugger already has 10 home runs on the year, and has hit 38 homers or more in the last four seasons. A year ago, Schwbarber slugged 56 homers.

Yes, the 33-year-old is starting to get up there in age, but he’s clearly still in the prime of his career.

In terms of the game itself, Schwarber’s home run was critical in Philadelphia’s walk-off win over the Giants. San Francisco scored two runs in the top of the first inning, and Schwarber immediately helped the Phillies get one of those runs back.

“I thought the homer was huge to be able to just punch right back to put us in striking distance with one pitch,” said new interim manager Don Mattingly after the game.

Schwarber’s home run on Thursday is far from the last one he’ll hit in his career, but when looking back at the most important ones in his playing career, this will certainly be one on the highlight reel.

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