Kyle Schwarber hit his three hundredth profession residence run on Monday night time, changing into the sixth participant to achieve that milestone in a Philadelphia Phillies uniform. The others earlier than him had been Bryce Harper, Ryan Howard, Mike Schmidt, Roy Sievers and Chuck Klein.
Schwarber’s solo blast was a no-doubter, touring 466 toes to achieve the third deck in proper discipline. It got here within the prime of the ninth inning in a 9-3 win over the scuffling Colorado Rockies.
He’s now the eleventh energetic participant to document 300 residence runs.
Since 2017, solely Yankees slugger Aaron Decide has hit extra 460+ toes HRs than Schwarber, per MLB.
Edmundo Sosa had 4 hits, together with his first residence run of the season. Alec Bohm hit a go-ahead two-run homer in a four-run eighth inning for Philadelphia, which has received 4 straight and sits alone atop the NL East.
Joe Ross (2-1) received the win in aid of Cristopher Sanchez, who tossed six robust innings for the Phillies.
Colorado starter Kyle Freeland allowed a run on seven hits in 5 1/3 innings however was denied his first win of the season. Ezequiel Tovar homered, singled and drove in two runs for the Rockies, who fell to 8-39, the worst 47-game begin within the trendy period.
Tovar hit a solo homer within the first inning however the bullpen couldn’t maintain the lead.
The Phillies received a run within the seventh on Harper’s sacrifice fly and took the lead off of Seth Halvorsen (0-1) within the eighth. Bohm’s third homer of the season gave Philadelphia a 4-3 lead and Trea Turner drove in two extra with a double to middle.
The Phillies tacked on three extra on the homers from Schwarber and Sosa off Scott Alexander.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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