Here’s our weekly look at 10 mind-blowing notes from the last week in baseball (June 19-25).
Schwarbs: Kyle Schwarber hit his MLB-leading 29th home run of the season on Sunday after a three-homer game on Saturday. That’s also his 216th since joining the Phillies. He has the third-most home runs by a player in his first five seasons with a team, behind only Babe Ruth (NYY: 235) and Mark McGwire (STL: 220). And there’s plenty of season left.
Electric ending: Jake McCarthy hit a three-run walk-off triple on Monday. That’s not something you see every day. It was the sixth walk-off triple when trailing by two runs in the divisional era (1969). He joined Grady Sizemore (Aug. 11, 2006), Juan Beniquez (Sept. 26, 1987), Dave Collins (April 14, 1980), Manny Mota (Sept. 3, 1971) and Joe Torre (May 29, 1971).
Homecoming: Jac Caglianone hit two home runs on Tuesday at Tropicana Field, where he grew up going to games as a Rays fan. Those two gave him six home runs in his last five games through that day. That’s tied for the most in a five-game span in Royals history, with 1999 Jermaine Dye, 1995 Gary Gaetti, 1990 Bo Jackson and 1975 John Mayberry. It was Caglianone’s third multi-homer game in June. That’s tied for the most in a calendar month in Royals history, with June 2021 Salvador Perez, Aug. 2019 Hunter Dozier and Sept. 1969 Ed Kirkpatrick.
Dansby’s RBI fest: Dansby Swanson totaled 15 RBIs in a four-game series against the Mets, all in the first three games. Swanson is the 18th instance of a player with at least 15 RBIs in a series since RBI became official (1920). It’s the 12th of those in a series of four or fewer games. The only other players with this many RBIs in a series in the last 45 years were 2016 Danny Espinosa and 2008 Cody Ross. Swanson had 11 RBIs in Wednesday’s doubleheader, setting a Cubs record. It was the most RBIs by a player in a doubleheader since Mark Whiten had 13 on Sept. 7, 1993 -- 12 of those in his four-homer Game 2.
Young Goldy: Paul Goldschmidt hit his fourth leadoff homer of the season on Wednesday, giving him each of the four oldest leadoff homers in Yankees history. His four leadoff home runs are the fourth-most in a season at age 38 or older, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. He trails only 2004 Craig Biggio (seven), 2006 Biggio (six) and 1991 Brian Downing (five).
No free passes: Wednesday was Braxton Ashcraft’s second game with at least 10 strikeouts and no walks this season, making him the first Pirates pitcher since at least 1900 with two such games in a season. It’s tied for the most such games in a career for the Pirates in that span, with Paul Skenes, Gerrit Cole and Bob Veale.
Dramatic finish: The Giants entered the bottom of the ninth on Wednesday trailing, 1-0, before a Rafael Devers home run tied the game and a Victor Bericoto homer won it. Bericoto had saved a run earlier in the game when it was tied at zero with an outfield assist. Bericoto became the first player with a walk-off home run and an outfield assist in the same game since Brent Rooker on May 12, 2023. He’s the third Giant to do it in the last 50 years, joining Barry Bonds on his birthday -- July 24 -- in 2003, and Jack Clark on Sept. 4, 1981.
Junior for three: Junior Caminero recorded his first career three-homer game on Thursday. That was almost the second-most notable feat in the game, as the Rays took a no-hit bid into the ninth inning, courtesy of Casey Legumina and Ian Seymour. There’s never been a no-hitter and an individual with three home runs in the same game, per Elias. The Rays are the second team in at least the expansion era to have an eight inning or longer no-hit bid and an individual three-homer game in the same game, joining the Reds on June 27, 2025.
Wheeee! The Phillies won on both Tuesday and Wednesday despite being down to their final strike in each game. They became the third team to win consecutive games after being down to their last strike in each since 2000, per Elias. They joined the Giants in April 2011 and the Rockies in August 2001. It’s also the first time in at least the expansion era (1961) the Phillies have won consecutive games despite trailing with two outs in the final scheduled inning or later in each. On Thursday, they trailed by five earlier in the game, but entered the ninth merely tied. Bryce Harper hit a go-ahead home run, the third straight day that Philly took the lead on a homer in the ninth. The Phillies became the first team in MLB history to hit a go-ahead home run in the ninth inning of three consecutive games, per Elias.
Current Ironman: Matt Olson has played 861 consecutive games entering Friday, dating to May 2, 2021. His streak is the ninth-longest in MLB history. The only other streaks of at least 700 consecutive games to begin in the divisional era (1969) are, of course, 1982-98 Cal Ripken Jr. (2,632 games), as well as 1975-83 Steve Garvey (1,207), 2000-07 Miguel Tejada (1,152), 1978-83 Pete Rose (745) and 1981-86 Dale Murphy (740).