Second-deck Schwarbs! Schwarber crushes 350th career HR before Crawford walks it off
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PHILADELPHIA -- Kyle Schwarber keeps hitting home runs and the Phillies keep winning.
Well, at least they have won in interim manager Don Mattingly’s first two games.
The Phillies scored twice in the bottom of the ninth inning to beat the Giants, 3-2, in Game 1 of Thursday’s split doubleheader at Citizens Bank Park. Justin Crawford's two-out infield single scored Bryson Stott from third base to win it.
It was the second walk-off hit of the rookie’s career.
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The ninth inning started when Adolis García reached on an infield single. He scored on Stott’s one-out triple.
The Phillies did nothing in between Schwarber’s first-inning home run, which was the 350th home run of his career and the final frame. Schwarber hit a 3-2 cutter from Giants right-hander Logan Webb at 113.0 mph, sending the ball a Statcast-projected 406 feet into the second deck in right field.
It was Schwarber’s 10th homer of the season and the 197th homer of his Phillies career.
Schwarber is on pace to hit 54 homers this year, following 56 home runs in 2025. If he hits 50 this year, he would finish the season with 390 career homers, putting him on a solid pace to hit 500 career homers in a few years.
Schwarber entered Game 1 averaging a home run every 12.47 at-bats since he joined the Phillies in 2022. Only Yankees slugger Aaron Judge has homered at a higher rate (one homer every 9.68 at-bats). Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani is third, averaging a homer every 12.64 at-bats.
Phillies left-hander Cristopher Sánchez allowed two runs in the first inning, then settled. He allowed four hits, two runs and three walks and struck out seven in 6 2/3 innings. He had only thrown 85 pitches when Mattingly removed him from the game with two outs and nobody on base in the seventh inning.