FULL GAME: Kyle Schwarber CRUSHES FOUR HOMERS and had chance for No. 5! 💣💣💣💣❌ (Braves vs. Phillies)
NBC 10 News First Alert Weather. The most accurate forecast 10 years in a row. 75 degrees. It’s been cloudy for most of the day, although looking out over Center City. It’s pretty bright right now, but it’s been comfortable. Little breeze, humidity at 44%. Aaron’s already come in from the bullpen as he readies to head out there. The umpires for tonight’s ball game. The man with the greatest name in the history of umpire names behi besides Malachi is Brock Belaloo. He’s behind home plate. Alfonso Marquez is the crew chief. He’s at first base. Lance Barrett’s at second base and Carlos Torres is around at third. Walt Weiss is exchanging the lineup cards for the Atlanta Braves. The snapshot for the uh Braves is that they’re 61 and 72. There’s 15 games behind the Phils. They haven’t missed the postseason since 2017. They’ve lost a lot of guys. I mean, lost S for a long period of time. They’ve obviously lost Austin Riley. I mean, the injuries have really mounted for them. They didn’t have a Kuna Jr. at the beginning of the season. And Matt Olsen’s not having a typical Matt Olsson year. Just 20 home runs. Here’s Brian Snicker. Freddy Gonzalez. Gonzalez was added back to the coaching staff midway through this season. Brian 10th season is the Braves skipper. 796 wins, 654 losses. Yeah. Last year their team erra John was 3.49 and this year it’s 4.33. That’s a lot of their issues but they have played better here in the month of August. That’s made life a little bit more tolerable for them. In fact, they have the second best record of the National League East since the All-Star break to the Phillies. Yeah, when you look at how his lineup’s constructed, Brian Snitker that is, but you know, you got Matt Olsen hitting second. Normally he’s hitting fourth uh you know behind Marcelo Zuna who’s hitting seventh tonight because of his struggles and you know you don’t want to root against anyone but those struggles continue that be good for the Phils lover taking the mound for the Phils take a look at his numbers 12th start of the year two at seven he picked up his first win since May in his last outing his 6.52 erra. Tonight is his 281st career game which will slide him past Grover Cleveland Alexander. Wow. Of the Phillies alltime list which is headed by Steve Carlton who has 499 games. Statcast powered by Google Cloud gives us a look at the Arsenal. John Force was uh was hefty his last time out but his his curveball was really good his last time. Yeah, his knuckle curve was spectacular in his last start. And I think against this Braves lineup, the change up also has to be uh thrown more than normal for Aaron. But his last start, T was he was moving the ball in and out really well against both the righties and the lefties. But you said at the knuckle curve was the one that got a lot of these Nationals hitters out in front and swinging through it. There’s one to James Wood and Cruz right there. They ran that that two seamer sinker right in on the knuckles of Cruz to get a strike out. And he has to do the same thing tonight. Doesn’t matter who the opponent is. Aaron has to pitch the way he he’s capable of pitching, but the way he’s comfortable pitching also. Certainly has faced the Braves a lot during his career. Here’s the Braves lineup brought to you by Xfinity. The Wi-Fi is booming. Proofar leads it off and then Matt Olsen. Ronald Akuna Jr. bats third. They’ve kind of shifted things the last couple games despite winning two of three for the Marlins. They moved Drake Baldwin to the cleanup spot. And Michael Harris, who had been batting cleanup, who was smoking hot out of the All-Star break, has cooled off recently. He slides down to the number six spot. All right, here we go. Phillies four games up in the division. The Mets are playing the Marlins starting tonight. Now the first pitch is brought to you by Bryant. Whatever it takes and Juriken Proofar will lead things off. He was four for 10 against the Marlins with two home runs. He has been smoking hot in the month of August. He has nine home runs and is hitting 322 since the 2nd of August. We got an issue. Yeah, we already do. JT’s transmitter is not transmitting. transmitter is uh out of juice. Must have brought the one from New York. Didn’t charge it on the bus. Did not charge it on the bus. That could have kept you busy, John, if you wanted to keep it charged on the bus. Yeah, it was it was a, you know, pleasant ride back. Yeah, it’s always a good ride back when you get swept and you get stuck at the GW bridge. Got stuck at the bridge. Yeah. Just the upper level was open to buses. No strikeouts in franchise history. So Aaron can move past Cole Hamls with a solid night tonight. Here we go. Game one. Durixen Proofar ready to go. So is Aaron. And the first pitch. Fast ball in there for strike. And it’s 0 and one. Right out of the gate. That’s a 92 mph fast. That’s not too bad. Phillies have not seen ProFar this year because he was suspended inside one and one. Aaron lifetime against the Braves is 16 and 11 with a 3.59 RA. Decent pitch just off the plate. ball on the outside corner. Proar’s not real happy with that call and uh yeah, he thought it was off the plate and uh he you know he’s right. That’s tough. They talk about difference between 3-1 and 22. Yeah, we we we’ve discussed that a lot in the Mets series. He fouls it. It remains two and two. Broar, we said, was suspended earlier in the year when the Phillies and the Braves faced each other. It was an 80game suspension as part of Major League Baseball’s uh violation of performance-enhancing drugs. Curve ball hit into the into right center field for a base hit. So, he’s aboard and that starts this first inning. Philly’s defense, the outfield, which we’re kind of getting used to with the right-hander on the mound, has Kepler in right, Bader in center, and Marsh in left field. And Matt Olsen coming up. Olsson, seven hits lifetime against Aaron with three doubles and a couple home runs. I feel like he’s in a little bit more of even a crouch than he than usual. You know, the stance is similar, but there’s I don’t know, there’s just a little tinkering it looks like in his stance this year, at least in this start of this game. 0 and one. One and one. You do have to keep an eye on Proar. I’m not sure if he’s going to run, but he’s eight of nine as he continues to make up for lost time being on the suspended list. That’s a good pitch. Wow. Two and one. JT’s already talking to him and Philly’s bench is getting on him, too. Snack 3D shows us the trail and it gets the inside part of the plate. Good pitch and Aaron needs that pitch. It’s the spot where Profar’s ball was that they called a strike. So, it’s three and one. If you’re not going to give the inside pitch that that catches the strike zone, you got to, you know, you would think that if you’re going by 17 in that the outside part, if it’s just off, has to be a strike. And ball four puts two on with nobody out here in the first inning. And Ronald Akuna Jr.’s coming up. Our sengate parlay brought to you by FanDuel. The money line is on the Phils. For Akuna to homer, it’s plus 290. And for Alec, who’s got a hitting streak since he came back to record two hits or more, it’s plus 165. You’re looking at danger already in this first inning. Yeah, because Akuna Jr.’s he’s hot right now. He’s reached base safely in eight of his last 11 plate appearances. Well, no use complaining. It’s going to be that way. It’s going to be a mystery. Not a thriller, not a comedy. Comedy. Going to be a mystery. It’s going to be a mystery. 0 and two. Yesterday, Akuna became the first Braves since Dale Murphy in 83 to reach base five times in the game despite not getting a hit. He was hit and he walked four times. 0 and two. We’ll have to wait. In fact, the hit by pitch kind of led to I mean the benches rolled out. There was no punches thrown or anything like that. Playing they were playing the the Marlins. Playing the Marlins. Doesn’t he always get hit against the Marlins? It does seem like it. You know, it goes back to the Rainia guy. One and two. Too quiet in here right now. It’s very quiet. Yep. Two and two. Well, talked about the bullpen, huh? 15 pitches already for Aaron. No outs. Nice to roll a double play and get that pitch count back to somewhere normal. Popped up down the right field line. Harper in Scott. Harper foul territory. Makes the catch and one away. That was a good job by Bryce because Bryson and Kepler weren’t going to get there. No, they shade Okuna Jr. up the middle rightfully so. Not that he can’t hit it that way, but yeah, Bryce went a long way. Stay with that. You know, those outfield skills come in play every once in a while, Tom. Well, now Drake Baldwin, who’s had himself a solid rookie season, 276, 14 home runs, takes a wicked curve for strike, 0 and one. He’s tied for third among rookies and homers and second in RBI’s. Nice to see get that thing running away from him. See if you can’t get a 463 double play here. Well, he tried. I think that’s the pitch Aaron needs cuz like you said, you know, these guys can swing the bat. I I think that change up has to be utilized a lot a lot more than what he normally throws it. left pitch and the other one is the sinker right there. He didn’t get it with Olsen is to get that off the left the hip of the right hand the left-handers. Baldwin splits this year. Two and one. Two and two. Now, is he taking over the basically the everyday catcher? Touches more often than Murphy. Yeah, Shawn Murphy. They have used him to DH. He flicks this one into center field for a base hit. Proar went but then hesitated. So he’ll be stopped at third. It’ll be f it’ll be bases loaded now with one out and Bader got it in quickly. Yeah, like you said, Proar had to freeze on that ball there for just that split second and that’s what kept is that Freddy Gonzalez down there coaching third. Yep. He just Baldwin just reaches out and punches one into center field. But with ProAR having to hold up, which rightfully so, he couldn’t score. Talking two hits in a walk and no runs scored yet. So nice see Aussie Alb’s help us out here with a double play or something. Not very good for them. Wire cam brought to you by Defy. Gave us a look at that base hit. Cal Gotham’s had himself some first inning trips recently, hasn’t he? Yeah, and he might have some more. 21 pitches already for Aaron. So far, Aaron’s allowed six runs in the first inning of games this year. He’s got the bases loaded and one out. And all beasts Swinging a foul. Alb’s 19 hits, five doubles versus Nola in his career. He has he’s hit 321 in his last 13 games with eight extra base hits. And he will swing early and often. Now he’s the one you think you could run that two seamer in off his hips. He stands right on top of home plate. There you go. That was a four seamer. to try to run on it. See the numbers the last 13 since the All-Star break. Schwarber has the most RBI’s. He has the third most RBI’s. One ball, one strike, one and two. Hardest ball he’s thrown so far in this inning. So he threw two four seamers in. One in for a ball, one in for a foul ball. This would I think to me would be a perfect time to throw that two seamer. Just missed. Fans know Brock Belaloo’s name, so they’re they’re barking it at barking at him right now. Is that what they’re Yeah. Come on, Brock. Oh, I thought they were going Boo instead of Beloo. Three and two inside ball four. He walked in a run. So, one- nothing Braves and it brings Michael Harris to the plate. Again, we mentioned Harris since the All-Star break has been one of the hottest hitters in baseball, but he has cooled off recently. Three for his last 27. Oh, and one to him. 0 and2 95. Yeah, I think Aaron’s kind of upset with himself a little bit. That one’s out toward right field. Kepler started in. Now he goes back. It’s over his head and it’s off the scoreboard. One run is in. They’re going to wave Baldwin. The throw goes towards second. It’s a two-run single for Harris. It’s three nothing Braves. Whether he came in or went back, he wasn’t going to catch that ball. No, that ball was scorched by Michael Harrison. Short hops or hits off the fence. But watch out. Watch Baldwin there at second. And Ozie Alves had to stop cuz he didn’t know Freddy was going to wave him. And then once you saw Freddy waving, Albz gets to third base. Wow. Now Ozuna with one man down. Three nothing. Braves on top. Now we’re getting into a danger zone with the number of pitches that he’s thrown in this inning, too. Absolutely. And you know, you got a guy that Ozuna is a pretty good hitter. Now he’s 200. I know he’s not having a great year, but don’t mean he get two on him, you’re going to have a chance of getting him out. Two and one. Zuna’s numbers against Aaron. He has 15 hits, four home runs against Aaron. See if he can roll into a double play here. Need it badly. 35th pitch of the inning for Aaron. Shutter goes and stops and a call. Strike three on the outside corner. Yeah, perfectly located by Aaron. They got that two seamer and he throws against the right or right left-handed hitters. Starts at their hip and comes back. This one started off the plate and brought it back on the outside part to Ozuna. And that’s I mean you can disagree all you want but that that’s a heck of a pitch. Well now Nacho Alvarez and he takes a strike. Alvarez who ina this year hit 254 played in 18 games in Triple A and then Braves he’s played for in 30 games. Runner goes from first. Pitch taken outside. Throw to second base. And here comes Alby’s. The throw to the plate. He is out at home plates. The Braves will look at it. He’s not going to review it. Not going to check it. Well, that was huge. The Phillies give up three runs in the inning. Could have been worse. The put out goes 242 to get Azie Alb’s at home. Good throw by Stomp to finish it off. Phillies may have gotten a break that the Braves didn’t challenge this. It’s three nothing Atlanta. It looks like Alby’s hand is on the plate before the tag was there. And here’s the overhead of it. Wow, that was close. That I guess they deemed it too close. Maybe they thought they couldn’t overturn it. There was enough not enough there to overturn it. Yeah, maybe cuz he was ruled he was ruled out. So they probably thought, well, maybe there, you know, it was too close. And the first inning maybe they two to Trey Turner. Cal Plantro, who the Phillies have seen already this year when he was with the Marlins. This is his second start with the Braves since the Marlins waved him outside. One and two. Four and a third and four and two/3s in his only start with the Braves. Three runs, five hits, five walks. Those are his numbers overall. He did have a 15game stretch with the Marlins when they were hot and he was hot. He had an RA of 3.55 during that time. Fly ball right field. Auna is over and he makes the catch. Rest of the Phillies lineup brought to you by Wi-Fi brought to you by Exfinity. The Wi-Fi is booming. Schwarber, Harper, Real Mutoo, Marsh, Bone, Kepler, and Bader and Bryson’s stock. Kyle is Ofer’s last 20. Ofer’s last 22 is his longest stretch without a base hit in his career. That was back in 2022. Takes low. His last hit was his 45th home run of the year against Seattle on August 20th. Sure. For Kyle, that seems like three months ago. Etho. Tell you what, they’re that’s going to be not called all night for both pitchers. That’s going to be trouble. That’s going to be a high-scoring game. You would think to whack that one foul. Rover is tied for first in the National League in home runs. Still first in RBI’s. And that one is smoked deep to right field toward the second deck. So the home run for Kyle Schwarber, his 46th of the year. It’s his fifth home run in his last 10 games against the Braves. Now that helps that Quantro threw a couple down the zone and he didn’t get the call. And that this 2-1 pitch was just a hanger and exactly what Kyle needed. Tom, what not only Kyle needed, the Phillies team needed it. And 450 ft into the second deck. That thing was still going up when it went to the second deck. Wow. And now Harper. Harper has 45 career home runs against the Braves. That home run was Schwarber’s 46th overall. And you see he’s got his bat already. So once this inning’s over, he’s probably going to go back down into the cage and take some swings. See the numbers for Bryce. He’s hitted 10 straight games. opposite way. Base hit where nobody’s standing. Shift that one, baby. Yeah, Harper’s hitting streak is up to 11. Now JT, another guy that we need to get going, Tom. And Quantrol, that’s not a bad pitch up and up and in on the upper part of the strike zone. And you try to pull that ball, Tom, you’re going to see shrapnel all over the field. But he worked his hands nicely on that one. Let’s see uh see what else we got working here. Yeah, JT was 0 for 12 with five strikeouts against the Mets. And that one is blasted deep to left field. It is into the second deck. rival second deck home runs and JT has just tied this ball game up in the first. It’s a 33 game. Dorothy said it best, Tom. There’s no place like home. That’s right. That’s two second deck home runs from two guys who came in struggling mightily. What a great answer back by the Philadelphia Phillies right here. And he ain’t done yet. Yeah, 11 home runs and Marsh bunts toward third and he’s going to have a base hit. Tell you what, he was playing in close was Alvarez. I don’t know if I wonder if he tried to love that instead of trying to barehand it. But hey, it knocks a knock. Well, now Alec Bald Alvarez kind of looks a little like Eddie Perez, doesn’t he? Yeah, he does look like Eddie Perez. Hey, he does look like Eddie. Maybe it is. Put a different name and number on. Yeah, what the heck? Well, he is really guarding the line against Alec. Alec 286. He’s hitting 10 straight, 14 hits since his return. takes a strike. 0 and one. Well, that’s a nice jolt by the Phils. Four straight hits. Amazing how quickly booze can’t went to cheers, huh? Yeah. Over to third. Backhanded by Bruhan. He throws out Marsh. Yeah. Fielder’s choice. And now Kepler’s coming up. This might be a good matchup for Max. I feel good about Max tonight. All right. Well, he’s got five hits, including a double and a home run against Poncho. Calantrol’s dad, Paul you played for the Phillies and a number of other teams. Good teammate. Played with the Phils in 94 and 95. He had your back all the time. Well, but you know, Lenny and I were sitting in our lockers when we got him and he came in, walked over. He didn’t say, “Hey, nice to meet you. I’m Paul.” You know, whatever. and we didn’t. He just said, “Hey, if there’s anyone on the other team you don’t like, let me know and I’ll drill them.” I’m like, “Okay, we’ll keep you posted outside and now three and one to Kepler.” By the way, it’s the third time this year the Phillies have hit multiple home runs in the first inning. They did it on June 3rd at Toronto and July 22nd against the Red Sox. I bet they both didn’t go as far as those two went. Yeah, one went 450. The other one went 420. I thought JTS went farther than that. That wasn’t to the second deck, although it is a little closer. A foul. 423 to be official on it. John B will be off and running on this pitch. There he goes. That one is hit well deep to right field and the Phillies have taken the lead. Three home runs here in the first inning. Kepler’s 14th of the year. It’s 53 Phillies, man. Like a looked like a cutter right there from Cal Quantro. And Max just beat him to the punch right there. Boy, that’s a beautiful swing. Max has now hit an eight of 10. And Bader takes in. Might as well keep adding on. Yeah, really. One and one. We talk about a much needed first. My gosh, Aaron certainly needed the breather and now he needs the support off the hands. Fouled back beyond home plate and it’s caught by Baldwin and the inning is over. But the damage is done. The Phillies score five runs in the inning. They get three home runs. First it was Kyle Schwarber. That went 450. Then it was JT. That went 423. And then it was Kepler. It went into the Knights. 5-3 Phillies as we go to the top of the second inning. Phillies had five hits yesterday. No extra base hits. Today they had five hits and three extra base hits. Our Citizen stats leaders most strikeouts versus the Braves. Aaron Nolas climbing on that list since 1994. Strawber leads that at 238. Deg Grom can still add to his whenever he faces them. I don’t think Cole’s going to pitch against him again. Well, if given the opportunity, he might. He looks like he could. No kidding. Sickening. Nacho Alvarez will lead it off. He was up when the Phillies were able to throw out. Alb’s trying to steal home, but it’s 0 and one Alvarez, which again we we showed it. It was could have gone either way. Yeah, Alvarez 233. No home runs, six RBI’s outside. Pretty good pitch. Swing and a miss. One and two. Yeah, it’ be nice for Aaron to get have a quick inning right here. Like you said, he already at 40 pitches out over the Phillies dugout. I mean, you’d have to think that uh you know, if you get into the middle inning, Sweet Lou will be available, right? Line I think Lou will be available. He has worked three straight days in the minor leagues. So, not many guys do that in the minor leagues. Swing and a miss. Second strike out for Aaron. Continues to climb up the list. Yeah, the old knuckle curve, Tom. And that baby was little 79 mph piece down and away. Two strikes. You got an aggressive young young hitter up there. All right, he’s two away from tying Cole. There’s a ground ball to first base as Harper stabs it. That is useful. Introducing the Exfinity 5-year price guarantee. Get one consistent price for the next 5 years with no annual contracts or curveballs. Here’s Profar should say he ties Cole with one. He needs two to break the mark and move into third all by himself. Trailed Cole by three coming in. That one’s back over our heads. We were ready for it though, John. Oh yeah, we were. We have to ask Cole about this if Aaron passes him today. Last on Saturday. Yeah, we’ll Yeah. No, we won’t. We’ll go right at him. Maybe we do it in the open. He takes my superhero pen. I got one for Luke Williams. Is Luke here? I didn’t see Luke. I I thought I saw him in the dugout, but we’ll ask uh Kevin Steinau if Luke Williams is around. Luke was on the injured list. He’s pitched a lot this year. One and two. Line drive out to center field. Baders coming on, makes the catch and a one, two, three second inning for Aaron Nola. He threw 10 pitches in that inning and that was needed. We’ll head to the bottom of the second. Bryson Scott will lead it off. Well, we partnered with Defy to bring you this view from the wire cam at Citizens Bank Park. Watch Dusty run out to co his coaching position. Yeah, it’s a good look at Dusty. You can see his style. He He has a unique running style. Yes, he does. Thumbs up, just so you know. Yeah, Eric Michaels down in the clubhouse and Danny Oor each have confirmed that Luke Williams is here and he’ll be prepared to accept your pen, your Captain America pen. Perfect. Love it. You got to get into him before Cole steals it. Here’s Bryson Stodd who takes strike one. Just met Kate Flannry, the actress from The Office. She is a huge Philly fan. Yeah, no kidding. But she had a unique way of uh describing her character. Well, and she’s right that that her character, she was that. Yeah, if we can’t bring it up, but that’s her sister right there to the right. Murf’s out there. He’s the tour guide. Larry’s here. pitching out pitches outside one and two. She went to Archbishop Carol. Should have asked her if she’s going to be in that new show. I think it’s called what is called The Paper, which is a kind of a spin-off of sorts of The Office. They have paper in the office. They sell it. Oh, they do? Yeah. Is that what they do? Yeah, they sell paper. I I ain’t going to lie. I’ve never watched it. My one brother just kills me every time I see him. How can you not watch that? It’s so funny. You’d love it. I like swamp people in wrestling. You would love it. That one’s pulled out to right center field. Akuna is there to make the catch. It’s funny. Stream your fils when you’re on the go with the NBC Sports app presented by Lundy Law, your injury lawyers. All right. So, Trey Turner leads it off or steps in now. He let it off and fly out to right field before the Phillies scored the five runs. off the hands back toward the middle. Backheaded by Albees. He made a nice play. He was shaded that way. It made it a little easier. But with Trey hustling the way he does, you know, makes a little tougher. Our Hyundai defensive play of the game. If Trey got jammed a lot of times on right, he gets jammed. He doesn’t get out of the box as well as he normally does. And you know, Aussie Alb understands the clock uh you know how fast Trey is and he caught that ball with no step and fired it over to Olsson at first. Fly ball center field. That’s a quick inning into the twilight and Harris who uh makes the catch right at the foot of where the stage was a couple weeks ago. Eight pitch inning. Time now for the Stuff the Feds trivia question brought to you by FanDuel Casino. Get your thrill on. Aaron Ola began today with 1,841 strikeouts. John, who are the only five right-handed pitchers in MLB history to reach, 1850 career strikeouts in fewer than 280 games? Oh gosh. Right-handers. American League. Is that what that said? No. Any league. Any league. Right-handers. Any league. Oh, wait. And how many games? 280 games. Oh, okay. How many I got to name? Less than 280. How many do I have to name? Five. Golly, Larry. Can’t think of five right-handed pitchers. Matt Olsen leaded off. Breaking ball outside in the history of baseball. The whole shebang. I’m sure there’s some guy in the 1800 named Elroy something that might have done it. Elroy Chief. Elroy Jetson. Elroy Jetson. Yeah, he had a good curveball. Yeah, he did. Three of the pitchers, just so you know, are active. Oh gosh. According to Larry, go this. I would go there. That would be my thought. Three and0. I would go there, too. All right. Although, you know, he started Yeah. He was a bullpen guy in Arizona, you know. Three in one and Boston. Looked like it was just off the plate. Third walk issued by Aaron. Beautiful first pitch here. Got jammed and hit a little pop up to Bryce’s first at bat. I mean, he’s still a really really good player. Can you imagine how good he his career would be if he didn’t have to miss all that time with tearing his ACL and both knees? Yeah. Then and then earlier this season after coming back when his Achilles or they thought he had an Achilles issue also. Yeah. So many gifts out to right. Not that deep. Kepler is in over but he grabs it. Sounded like a may have broken his pad on that. Yeah, it got in on him again. back in the first inning. Try to change up. I think that’s the one pitch, John, that hasn’t come all the way back for for Aaron. Yeah. No, but I think if I’m JT, I I think I’m going to still make him throw it on, you know, more more this this outing as he has in his previous outings. Arsenal tonight. Four change ups, four sinkers. Ground ball out towards second. Could be two. There’s one. Turner’s exchange in time. 77th double play that the Braves have head into. And that one couldn’t have come at a better time. No runs, no hits, nobody left. Fortunately, a catcher was running and the exchange was quick. Baseball is brought to you by your local Delaware Valley Honda dealers. Hurry to your local Delval Honda dealer. Visit delval honda dealers.com. And by Prime, from shipping to streaming, it’s on Prime. John, I don’t know if I had it on my bingo card that the Fanatic would flash one of the Stormtroopers or Darth Vader tonight here at Star Wars Night. They could turn on you. They could they could turn on you and he’s got to be careful now. He’s trying to become friends with him. Yeah. Yeah. After showing that gigantic belly hood, now I want to be your friend. Now we go to the bottom of the third inning. Then Bryce Harper, JT Realm Mutoo, Brandon Marsh, those are the scheduled hitters against Cal Quantrol. That one’s whacked deep to right field. Akuna doesn’t even move. Another second deck home run. Towering shots. 22 on the year for Bryce. And the Phillies lead it six-3. 442 ft. The Phillies have hit three home runs that have gone into the second deck. Two in right, one in left. Yeah. And again, it’s, you know, we talk about this a lot, Tom, with Bryce. When he’s on balance, he can hit the ball to all fields and hit the ball to all fields with power. And he got out front of that one. My gosh. second deck. That’s two Ronald Akuna hadn’t moved on yet. But JT the batter, he’ll take outside. One and0. He’s hit four home runs in the first three innings. Way up there on the infield. Whoa, he had it. Nacho Alvarez makes the catch that brings Brandon Marsh up. What do you got, Ter? Well, you want to talk about some urgency. Uh Rob Thompson was asked about comments that Bryce Harper made about the Phillies continuing to play with urgency despite having that lead in the division. And Rob Thompson said this rally house quote, “These guys want to win. They want to perform. They want to win a world championship. That’s what they play for. A lot of these guys, they haven’t done it yet. Even though they’ve been paid a great deal of money, they haven’t won. So, that’s on their mind. And they want to get it done. And so far, early in this game, they’re trying to show you, Tom, just how badly they want to bounce back to try to get it done. Yeah, no doubt. No doubt. It’s It’s been nice to see a long ball. They live with the long ball a lot. Swinging a miss. Low and two. One and two. foul back. The last series against the Mets, eight total runs tonight, six runs. Do it with two. I win the battle. Brandon Alec Bone waits on deck. fly ball center field and Harris moves over. Two outs. Alec Bolton the hitter. home opposite way. It’s not deep. Akuna on the run in and he’ll get to the spot to make the catch and the Phillies are retired here in the third. But they add one more. Bryce Harper scored a couple runs. This was a blast. This Rav fourth inning is brought to you by Toyota. Visit toyota.com to find your 2025 Rav 4 Toyota today. Toyota, let’s go Phils. Little arts and crafts fanatic right there. I like it. Aaron’s line so far, 37 pitches. three earned runs in the first inning. 58 total and now he’s got a three-run lead to work with and maybe he can kind of massage these next few innings. Yeah. And hopefully like like last in get a have a quick inning. Couple quick innings would put him right on pace. Azie Alb’s the batter. He walked his first time up. drove in a run with that walk. Got a pitch outside. One and0. Yeah. You tell JT when he thinks uh that the umpire might have missed the call, he throws it back to Aaron pretty hard. That is way up there. JT Harper does and he makes the catch as he falls to his backside. had one out. Yeah, JT once that went up into the twilight, he had no idea where it was. It’s our All State good hands play. Yeah, it’s You know, you just got to record an out, Tom. And there’s more than one way of doing it. And on your backside, there’s nothing wrong with that. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Well, he’s working on his gymnastic skills. Mhm. The reverse Somersoft. Nobody does it better. Russian judge gave him a 10. They always seem to like that kind of fall. They really do. Like it though. Quick out. One ball, one strike to Harris. Harris drove in two runs in the first inning. Do his hands look like he’s holding them higher? Paris, I think his whole setup is different. Yeah. I mean, he struggled to start the year. Yeah. He’s more upright. He’s got the weight on his front toe or, you know, he’s on on his front toe kind of like Wanoto. Yeah. Where it’s turned in a little bit. Yeah. I don’t remember his hands ever being that high. See the first half he had 210 and that even got better as he got closer to the end of the first half. Then 351 in the second half. Three and two. Sway going to a miss. That’s the third strike out. That moves him into a tie with Cole Hamls for third most strikeouts all time in Philly’s history. and just elevated that fast ball by Michael Harris. You got a three-run lead. You could take a chance and challenge. Come on, Aaron. Get one more so we can talk some trash to Cole. Marcelo Zuna struck out his first time up. That one is powering pop up left side of the infield. Turner is under it and he makes the catch. A 1, two, three, fourth inning. 10 pitches. He’s limiting the pitches, the last three. And we’ll head to the bottom of the fourth. This Rav fourth inning is brought to you by Toyota. Visit toyota.com to find your 2025 Rav 4 Toyota today. Toyota, let’s go Phils. For the second time this year, the Phillies have four home runs in the first three innings of a game. The other time they did it was against the Braves and Statcast presented by Audi gives us a look at these home runs. I mean they were long in the first inning the three 450 423 and then you add Harpers to it. That was another one that was long including the Phillies tonight. There have been eight instances of a team hitting multiple home runs of at least 442 ft in a single game. That’s this year. Here’s Kepler. Kepler to center field and Harris is out middle of the stage area and he makes the catch. The rivalry will continue tomorrow when the Phillies and the Braves face each other. City Connect Friday. 645 is the first pitch. Go to phillies.com to get your tickets. Tomorrow’s game will be on national TV. Apple, baby. Yeah. Larry will be here, John. He’ll be doing stats. Good. I’m happy for you, Larry. Pete, will you be here? Pete’s going to be here. Yeah. Hey, next time when you ask a trivia question, why don’t you make it 10 answers just, you know, so we can run that ink. for Larry. Bader to center field. Well struck. Going back is Harris. Back toward the wall and it’s off the wall and Bader’s around second heading to third. He’s on his way and he will get there. First triple of the year for Harrison Bader. It’s his third extra base hit against Quantrol in his career. Hey, that ball was absolutely teed off on and you know Michael Harris a really really good defender in center field and he couldn’t get back there in time. Thought we had another home run but Bader hustling third base with less than two outs. Might as well add on Tom. Yes sir. Phillies had 22 hits against the Mets in the threeame series. 17 were singles. So, five extra base hits. They’ve hit five extra base hits in tonight’s game. Had not one double, huh? Not one double. No, not one double. Home runs and triples. Austin Cox warming up at the bullpen. And the Braves are going to play the infield in with Bryson Stock coming up. Yeah, I think they have to. Can’t just let an easy run go here. Don’t try to lift anything, Bryson. Just get a good swing. Line drive. Base hit. to right field. Bader did slip, but it’s a coast home. RBI single for Scott. He had been 0 for his last seven. It’s now 73 Bills. Yeah. See, that’s what you like right there. You know, infield in you hit a hard line drive unless it’s right at them. They they’re not going to catch it. But, you know, when Bryson has that that swing path with that mentality of I’m going to hit it hard on the line or on the ground, he’s going to have a lot more success than what he’s had this year. Let’s see if he’s runnerish. Ray Turner leads it off. Steps up as the leadoff hitter. He’s 0 for two. Fly out to right. Grounded out to second. Oh wow, Montro got quick feet. Braves do have 16 pickoffs this year. It’s tied with the Phillies for the second most in the National League. Yeah, Bryson had a healthy lead. Line drive into left field. A base hit that’s going to go to the wall. Scott is blazing around third. He’s heading home. RBI double for Trey Turner. 83 Philills. He filled all the C on top. Single, double, triple homer. Homers again. Another great swing by Trey and Brian Snitchers coming out to get Cal Wandro. But pitch up in the zone. You try to lift that ball. You’re going to pop it up. He gets on top of it and rips one down the left field line and stop. Like you said, Tommy, he went flying around the bases. He knew right there that he ain’t stopping at third. Dusty was waving him early and just a beautiful sign for the fight. Sure is. Nice to be home. They have a comfortable lead right now at a pitching change for Atlanta. Phillies leaded eight to three in the bottom of the fourth inning with one out. And Austin Cox is the new pitcher. His 13th game in relief to face Kyle Schwarber with Trey Turner at second base. Phillies with nine hits already. We’re just in the fourth inning. Pitch low. One and0. How about this giant home run? It was giant. Yeah, it was a giant. Little breaking ball from Calra. I mean, that’s a line drive up into the second deck. It it Everyone’s got a hit, too. That’s our home run replay brought to you by our friends at Giant Alec Bones. Only one, right? Well, yeah, he’s got a fieldielder’s choice. Way it’s going. He might get four more at bats. Home Depot getting it done. Three and0. highest hard hit rate. It’s the fourth highest in Major League Baseball in the Statcast era, which doesn’t go back all that far, but it still shows the kind of ability he has this season. He’s on pace for 55 home runs, which at this point would leave him shy of Ryan Howard’s single season record, but he can hit him in bunches. Yeah, that’s that’s the thing. He, you know, he he’s able to hit four or five in a series. Three and two. Counting tonight. The Phillies have 17 games left here at home. 46 is seventh all time. My god, Ryan Howard’s all over the board, isn’t he? He is. He and Schmidy Schwber’s tied with himself in 2022. Kyle, what would you tell your 2022 self? and leave you in the dust. That was a hanger. Yeah, I don’t think he was expecting that. 32. That one is drilled deep to right field toward the pole. Gone. Second home run of the night. This one a two-run shot. 47 on the year. 103 Phils. I think the slump might be over. Yeah, for everybody. Well, he threw that hanging breaking ball the first 3-2 pitch and Kai was just out in front of it and he threw another one, but this one stayed more in. Look at this breaking by just hanging middle end. And boy, if you recognize that thing, it can travel distance. Wow, what a swing. It also gives him more home runs against a left-handed reliever than anybody else in baseball, passing Barry Bonds. He was pretty good. He was good. It’s the 12th of the year for Kyle against a left-handed reliever. That’s since 2000, of course, with Bonds. And then you got Don Hurst in 1929 who had 18. I didn’t know they had they face at relievers that much back then. Oh, wait. I’m sorry. Don Hurst is against left-handed pitching. That’s a starter against relievers. Oh, okay. So, you’re talking So, Larry’s confusing you again with another question. No, it’s my that’s my fault. No, let’s blame Larry. He’s tied now with Hurst overall with 18. Somebody got married at Citizens Bank Park. Verizon wild. Reliable performance. Somebody walked by with a married. Yeah, we got married at Citizens Bank Park. It’s kind of cool. Yeah, look at that reliable performance. Wants. Most home runs against the Braves since 1966. Harper now with 46. Closing in on Willie Stargel. Johnny Bench leads the way with 52. He and Ryan Howard both. That’s some uh pretty good guys that can swing the bat. JT takes strike one. 0 and two. Heat. Heat. We had more fun in the first four innings than we had the whole three games in the open. No doubt. No doubt. Well, we’re back to our friendly confines up here, too. That’s exactly right. A little snug in New York. It was very snug even without the camera behind home plate. Three and two. Did you surprise Gary, Keith, and Ron when you leaned into one inning and stuck your head in their booth? I’ve done that since the ballpark open. I walk along the ledge there, so they’re kind of used to it. Hope you don’t equilibrium don’t go on you. Remember the first year the ballpark opened, we went up there. I don’t think you were with me. And uh I I did that and all of a sudden security came in and said, “Hey, you can’t walk on the ledge there. They’re no fun.” Rounded foul. Our Audi Electric Play was JT’s home run in the first. Yeah, it was a lengthy one that tied the ball game up at three after Kyle Homer. Bryce base hit. JT follows with the two-run homer. Much needed for these two gentlemen. So, be the ninth pitcher this set back. and ball four back-to- back walks. What a productive night this has been offensively. Brandon Marsh who reached on a bunt single his first time up and then flyed out to center field. Kyle Schwarber’s homer twice. Yeah, that I Do you think he even counts that second one? It didn’t go in the second. It was majestic. Really different personalities. Well, all you can say is just play this. Keep playing it like it’s nothing. Nothing. Opposite way for Marsh. Proar is over and he runs it down and the runners will head back to their respective bases. Two outs, ninth man to bat in this inning. There’s Alec Bow. The Mets are coming to town Monday, September 8th through the 11th. Going to be a big series. Hopefully the Phillies can return the favor. The Mets have clinched the season uh the season series as far as their win loss record. Nothing. Nothing. No wins, no losses against them when they come back right here. Police.com purchase your tickets. That one’s hit sharply into left field. Everybody has a hit. Harper will score. Real Mutos around third. He’s going to score. Broar couldn’t cut it off. It’s a two-run double. And the hits just keep on coming. So do the runs. Well, that’s Alec right there. line drive and Alvarez Jr. made an attempt to try to get it, but he didn’t. Usually when it’s hit to the left of the third baseman, it doesn’t get to the fence, but that’s how hard that ball was hit. Everyone has a hit. Darn near everyone scored a run. Oh, everyone has scored a run. No, Marsh. Dang it. Everyone but Marsh, right? Yeah, we’ll get him back out there again. Now he’s going to have a few more bats the way this is going. Kepler is homered. He’s also flat out to center off Kepler’s home run. This was a sweet swing. Yeah, it really was. He got on the board early too in the first inning off Cal Quantrol. It’s a nice easy swing, man. Got some pop, Tom. Fourth inning and everyone has a hit. Second time this year the Phillies have had that kind of a scenario where you’re not even through four and everybody’s got a hit in the lineup. 30 pitches. Yeah, that’s not going to get it done right there. 16 balls, 14 strikes. Max’s got him a 3-1 shot right here. Let’s see if he can get a pitch to his liking. in Who? Ground ball out towards second and all these charges throws out Ker. Inning is over, but the Phils have another productive inning and another productive at bat for Kyle Schwarber. A two-run home run right down the line inside the pole. Wirecam View is brought to you by Defy and it is a great night to be at the old ballpark. Thursday night jam-packed crowd. Ash Bernali is mobbed. The CP ranking rooftop is mobs. The offense is mobbed. Philly’s 12 runs tonight most in the first four innings this season. It’s the first time since June 30th of 2022 against Atlanta. Nola delivers a strike. First four innings for Aaron. These last three have been excellent. And by the way, the Philly’s most home runs through four innings since August 10th, 2020 against the Braves. Huh. They do come in bunches. Oh, inside to Nacho Alvarez. One and one. Stock gave me a full scattering report on Nacho, including his real No, I was joking with him. I said, “What? What do you know about Nacho Alvarez? He goes, “Hold on, I’ll check.” I He think of all the years I’ve known him, he thought he knew I was joking. No, he was trying to support you. He really did. He had a whole paragraph. That was nice of him. Yeah, he’s a nice man. Over to third. Caught out of the air by Alec B. And one out here in the fifth inning. precision play of the game for Aaron. It’s nice to be 6’5, isn’t it? That’s our GMC precision play. Possibly a double for Nacho if he doesn’t come up with that ball, but we’ll never know, will we? There’s our GMC precision play, Tom. That’s exactly right. Adele Bruhan, who’s the playing for the third team the Phillies have faced him on this year. Cubs, Orioles, Braves. See, now that would have been a better question than the dang one you asked, Larry. Popped up. Knocking a carry. Tom Bow in on the grass. Heading in the ballpark Saturday, August 30th. That’s this Saturday. Make plans to visit Jesus Lazardo’s Cheese Stakes for Charity event to benefit the Boys and Girls Club of Philadelphia. It’s taking place Citizens Bank Way from 4:00 until 6:00. Jesus will be there at 4:30. Many cheese steak samples will be provided for a minimum $15 donation per person. We should go out there and cook some. I would love to go out there. Let’s do it. We’ll be out there with DJ Hollywood will be out there, too. Okay. Some music. Oh, yeah. We can do that. What do you think? I I would love to do it. We ain’t got nothing to do 4:00, do we? Mm- We’ll bring the camera out, Matt or Jimmy, whoever has the camera. We’re not doing it for publicity, Tom. We’re doing it to help Jesus and get free cheese steaks. Well, make a donation. Make a donation to get a free cheese steak. Yeah. Good cause. Jesus’s family foundation. Ground ball to first. Marinola has found a little bit of a rhythm here. Thanks to this offense, he’s been able to settle in just eight pitches in the fifth. 123 Bills. Time to check out our T-Mobile coverage cam before the ball game today. It is Star Wars night and the Stormtroopers were greeting the Phils as they arrived. Christopher Sanchez got a kick out of it. Bryson Sto was a little unsure of what to do. I’m going to go in here. Edundo, he’s always got a smile. Yeah, it’s wonder shake their head. I was thinking the same thing. Brandon Marsh with a nod to both. Trey seemed to enjoy it. Kind of relaxed. Uh oh. Morgan’s in trouble. We have not seen Morgan since then. He might be able to snap those things. He probably could snap. Probably could. Harrison Bader will lead it off. He tripled his last time up and scored a run. Billies have scored 12 unanswered runs after the Braves took a three nothing lead. Does that sound familiar? Yep. Game one against the Mets. Yes, it does. Philly scored three and then the Mets scored 13 unanswered. Oh, and two to Bader. Tell you what I like about it is Aaron struggles in the first inning. You thought, “Oh boy, here we go.” 37 pitches in the first season high for Aaron. Ground ball back toward the middle. Another base hit for Bader. Bryson stops coming up. Let’s check in with Taran. Well, I I know Tom mentioned, “Let’s see Bryce hit one hard.” Hit one though. Excuse me, John. I apologize, guys. Uh, but it was funny because it was something I talked to Kevin Long about. I asked what’s the approach with Bryson Scott lately and the way he’s moved his hand down on the bat. He said he’s just got to lower his launch angle. I’ve told him so many times, getting missing under the ball, it’s not your game. It’s not going to be your game if you’re going to find success. I told him I went a lot of his hits have been hard ground balls. I want you to continue to try to keep your launch angle low and hit it hard, guys. And that time he lifts it out to short left field. And Proofar makes the catch. You know, the thing about it, too, is when when we talked to Bryson about that same thing, he said, “You know, my hands started going up and I didn’t even realize they were up as high as they were.” I guess that happens during the course of the season. Yeah, you can get out of whack. Trey Turner back toward the middle off the mound flipped up by Albies and he can’t get the toss to Bruhan. It’s going to be interesting to see how this is scored. Glad that Bruhim would just Just bad timing on those two’s part. That might that could have possibly been a double play if he’d have led Bruhan, but how do we know? They give it a hit. It’s a hit. Yeah. Trey will take that, baby. Now Kyle has two home runs already. Checked his swing. It’s It’s one and0. one and one that 365 gives us the odds for Harper to get a hit. One ball and one strike to Schwarber. Tell you what, I I know that they’re they’re not going to do it, but I know what I’d wear tomorrow if I’m the Phillies. Keep them powder blues on, baby. outside two and two. But you notice how the powder blues don’t like really like when we’re we’re wearing a gray in New York and Harrison Bader with the neon pink batting glove. They’re more subtle with the uh powder blue. You know, boy, girl, powder blue. It kind of mixes mixes in pretty good. It really does. That one’s the opposite way. Profar’s going back. It’s carrying pretty well. It is gone. It’s a three home run nights. It’s his fourth one of his career. He decided to go oppo 153 Bills. And this place is going crazy as you would imagine. This has been all pent up. How about how that ball carried and not a smile on his face. Hey, he probably can get two more at bats, too. That’s a strong human. 48 home runs. keeps adding to his RBI lead as well. Six RBI’s. Six RBI’s. 116 on the year. His careerhigh of RBI is seven in the game. But again, he’s got a couple more shots at that. Yeah, he does. Amazing. still hadn’t smiled now. The strength three call. Harper down looking. Two outs. intense. Yep. He doesn’t give up abs, does he? Mm-m. The time the Phillies have hit six home runs or more in a game against the Braves was in the postseason in 2023. That was game three. That was a festive day. Yeah. Oh, and one swinging a bit. So two swing and a miss and JT’s down on strikes. But again, damage for the Phils. They scored three more runs on Kyle Schwarber’s third home run of the night. Two to right and one to left. Our Independence Blue Cross Philly of the week is Trey Turner. Trey has been on fire in August, putting together a standout month with a 347 average. Three homers, 17 RBI’s, and seven stolen bases so far. Turner’s leading the National League in hits this season and is on the cusp of the National League batting title. Something a Philly hasn’t done since 1958. Trey’s consistency at the plate is brought to you by Independence Blue Cross. Well, that bell has rung a bunch of times already today. Six times for the Phillies. It’s a nice way to start a four game series against the Atlanta Braves. And lost in all of this is the fact that that guy is still out on the mound and has really started to throw strikes, minimize his pitch count, and front run. Yeah, we didn’t think after that first inning that he was going to be pitching into the sixth, but yet here he is. And you know, to get six innings out of Aaron after how many did you throw in the first inning? 37. They’re facing a team that has been hot offensively. They just took two of three from the Marlins. And the thing is, too, is he he’s had a lot of time to sit. You know, first inning, Phillies score five. Fourth inning, they score six. Change a pitcher, you know, the whole thing. He’s he’s had some time to sit. Those up down things that they talk about. Mhm. Two and one. Since the All-Star break, John, the Braves have been 19 and 19 despite all their injuries, their pitching injuries, their position player injuries. So, yeah, that’s the second best record in the National League East to the Phils. That one’s hit well out to right field. Kepler’s back and it is gone. Right into the first row for Matt Olsen. It’s his 21st of the year. First one against the Phillies this season. And it’s his 15th here at Citizens Bank Park overall. 154 knuckle curve. It just stayed in the middle of the plate. Olson’s not having his typical offensive year with the 30 40 homers and 120 RBI seasons that he’s that he has had. He’s still dangerous. So, it’s 15 to four. That home run is the uh 14th allowed by Aaron this year. Since the start of 2022, Matt Olsen has the most home runs. That includes playoffs. versus the Phils at Citizens Bank Park. More than Pete Alonzo, more than Brandon NMO. They were two and three. Two and0 to Akuna Jr. Three and0. Believe he was taken all the way. Might have been. Yep. Might have been. Can you imagine if he’d have swung three 0 and popped it off? Down 11. And he’s swinging here if he likes one. And now the 3-2 pitch. tokuna swing and a miss. He got him and Aaron Nola moves into third place all time in Philly’s history in strikeouts with that curve ball right there. And now that was a good one. The one Olsson was a hanger. That one there is a really good Aaron Nola knuckle curve. He just threw that ball out, huh? I don’t know if if he knows, but he may he may not even know. He might not. No. No. And Aaron 1,845 career strikeouts. He slides right past Cole Hamls. They’re going to authenticate it. They ain’t going to give it back to him. No, they’re going to authenticate it then give it back to him. Okay, good. Phil’s going to do all kinds of cool things with him in the clubhouse. Phil Sheridan. Yeah. Like what? Artwork. I don’t know if he’ll do artwork, but he might, you know, write on it. Collect some things. Yeah, write on it. Baldwin hits it to first and a flip underhand to Aaron covering. 3-1 on the put out. Now, here are the strikeout leaders. We’ve put together a beautiful graphic to show Steve Carlton, Hall of Famer. Yep. Robin Roberts, Hall of Famer, and then Aaron and followed by Cole. That is some great company. Yep. one of the greatest left-handers that’s ever thrown a baseball. Lefty Robin Roberts the seven straight years of 300 plus innings marathon man. I mean he different personality than lefty but little bit is a little outside and it’s one ball in one strike. He’s just walked, picked up an RBI, popped out to first. Little low. Two and one. That one’s hit well down the right field line toward the pole. It is foul shoot. I like to see Aaron throw a good change up right here. You see the pitch count 40 balls, 54 strikes. Hasn’t been clean clean for Aaron but until that home run by Olsen. He had a walk but then they got a double play and in the third fourth one two three fifth one two three line drive caught by Scott at second. Home run by Olsen with six innings for Aaron Nola. Four runs, four hits. Philly’s baseball is brought to you by the Pennsylvania Lottery. Play to win with the PA Lottery. Visit pa.com or download the app today. Players must be 18 or older. Please play responsibly. Benefits older Pennians every day. And by Nissan at Nissan, we make cars that thrill. Experience the thrill for yourself today. shopnissanusa.com. Well, it’s perfect time for a Yingling. Pop it open. Toss it to the sky for Kyle Schwarber. Aaron Nola. Yeah, I’d toast Kyle. Aaron got handshakes when he went to the dugout. He might be done. Yeah. Who we got up there? Is that Daniel Robert? It looks like it’s Daniel Robert. Yeah. Tell you what, they’re going to leave Cox out there to eat up some innings, aren’t they? Yeah. He begins again with Marsh coming up. And they they got no one warming up and I’m sure that praying that they’re that phone don’t ring anytime soon cuz Phillies are swinging them today. Marsh is one for three. Fouls it off. Bunt single for Brandon. There’s Daniel Robert warming up. You know, it’s funny with Aaron Nola. People ask all the time as he struggled this year, you know, why is everybody why are you guys always so optimistic about what he’s going to do? I said, well, cuz he’s done it for so long. Yeah. Well, it’s not like they called up a highly touted rookie and he’s getting his brain beat in. I mean, he’s done it. Well, the other thing, too, is he works at it and breaks it down as good as anybody. Now, again, this is it’s it wasn’t a perfect night tonight. He gave up four runs. He’ll tell you that. Out toward right center field, Akuna glides over, but the one thing he’ll always do is that he will always work to a get better. and he was very frustrated with the way the season was earlier this year and for him you know he wants to get back on track for a number of reasons for his teammates for the fans here in Philadelphia and that’s the thing that always sets him aside and you know for Zack and he knows Zach’s not out you know he’s not going to be back this year one hopper out a short stop Bruhan dug out by Olsen now a quick word from Vanuel Casino Casino. New Fanel Casino players get 500 bonus spins to play across three Huff and Puff games. So, come on over to the home of Huff and Puff. Download FanDuel Casino now. Nacho Alvarez. They don’t have the women riding the bulls anymore. The mechanical bulls. No, I think that’s it. I think it’s still around. They switched it up. Yeah, I think it’ll come back at some point though. Can’t wait. Nacho Alvarez plays over towards shortstop for the Braves and Bruhan is right near the second base bag. Man, there is a lot of room over there. side corner. A bouncer towards second and all bees is up with it. And the inning is over. Phillies go down one, two, three. We played six innings here at Citizens Bank Park. All is right in the world as we go to the seventh. Time now for the game summary brought to you by your local Honda dealers. The Phillies are up 15 to four. They scored five in the first, one in the third, six in the fourth, three in the fifth inning. And they did that behind the pitching of Aaron Nola. And here’s Aaron who went six innings tonight. And even after that first inning when he threw 37 pitches, he then followed the queue of the offense and was able to settle in. job. Yeah, he really did, Tom. That first inning was not really what what we were hoping for to start off this game after getting swept by the old Metropolitans. But, you know, Aaron, after that first inning, he was really good. Gave up that home run to Olsen, the only run he’s led in since that first inning. But, you got to give him credit, man. He battled through it and, you know, got into the sixth inning. You don’t have a day off. We have days off, but they don’t have any days off. Well, Daniel Robert is the new pitcher. This is uh his 14th game in the big leagues. Looked good last night. I know the, you know, the game was somewhat out of reach, but he and Lou Trevino both look good. Fly ball right field. Kepler back. Looks like he has room. And just in front of the Chick-fil-A side, he does. And Marcelo Zuna will do be do up. Edmundo Sosa is in at shortstop. Weston Wilson is in over at first base. 0 for two. He has struck out and popped out outside one and0. You know, it’s funny that, you know, they got this lead and they put it Mundo at shortstop because uh yesterday in New York pregame he was taking grounders at shortstop, making the throws to second, making the throws to first like he does, you know. Yeah. Kind of bouncing around, but he was the only one out there doing it. One and two. Rosuna batting in the number seven spot. It takes low and in. Good pitch though. Yeah, it was two and two. Perfect pitch for a ball back toward the middle. That’s going to loop into center field. A base hit. A one out single. Join Eagle Experts as they dive into the season, break down the roster, and look at the biggest challenges facing the birds coming for the crown. Tuesday at 6:30 here on NBC Sports Philadelphia, presented by Philly Sports Trips. Micah Parson’s getting traded. Head of the Packers. Cowboys got a defensive lineman in return, plus other things. two first round picks. Low one and0. Philly boy. Guess that’s why he was at the airport the other day that he was coming to get ready to go to Green Bay. Wow. He’s going to enjoy it up there in December. I will say it is a great place to watch a game. That’s it’s cold. One place I would like I’d like to go watch a game at Cameron Indoor. Yeah. Uh I’m going to cross off uh Brian Denny in Alabama. Right. Mhm. High drive. Base hit it to right field for Nacho Alvarez. And that puts runners on first and second with one away. And Lambo Field then I’ll be good. You won’t do a game there, will you? Uh, maybe if I do a game, it’ be on radio there, but I have done games there. Bruhan is 0 for two. He’s grounded out. There’s a place right across the street from uh Lambo, John, that you would love. Little greasy spoon place. Larry, what was that place called? Do you remember? It was literally right across the street. Don’t tell us, Larry. that if he could be our next trivia question. A roll up ground ball here. Daniel on the hands. Foul territory. Third base side. Awaken gives it a look, but it’s going to be off the netting. Every time a Phillies pitcher records a pitch of 95 or more, Comcast will make a contribution to Philly’s charities. And why do you associate me with Greasy Spoon? Cuz I know you like what I like, right? Smother hash brown. Yeah. See, swing it a miss. One and two. They have tater tots. They have cheese curds, which is a cheese form of tater tots. Nice foul off the first baseline. Yeah, I’ve never heard of cheese curds before. And and then I was talking to Dale Murphy because I was going to meet him at his restaurant there a few years ago in Atlanta, but he couldn’t come into town. And he said, “If you go in there, you got to get the cheese curds.” I’m like, “What the heck?” I’ve never heard of him. And did you get him? I didn’t go. Cuz he wasn’t there. Way inside. poutine or something like Yeah, they put that on like gravy and cheese curds on French fries. Poutine. See, now West Virginia, we just like regular brown gravy on our French fries, not with the cheese curd thing. Over to second base. Scott has it. He’ll go with the middleman. Tell 46 on the put out. first and third after the fieldielder’s choice. Yeah, it just wasn’t hit hard enough to turn two, although the effort was there. Nice throw from Bryson though. Nice firm throw to Mundo there covering second. And now Proofar just a bit inside. Proofar tonight is one for three. Two. Not sure I’m a big fan of the navy blue sleeves with the powder blue unis. It is a different look. It really is. Top of the zone. Two and two. We match them perfect today, don’t we? Yes, we do. Well, these shirts these shirts were a gift from the clubhouse, so it matches. That’s right. Yeah. Here they are. Nice. They’re nice. These are comfort. These could make a trip down south for a golf season. I would think they are a good golf shirt if I could play. They’re soft. Over to first again. Weston Wilson gobbles it up. Three unassisted. No runs. Two hits and two men left. Time to stretch. Weston just inserted in the game to play a little first base and he goes right to work. As you look at that score, 15 to four in favor of your Philadelphia Phillies. Note 15 runs tonight. They scored 10 runs in the entirety of the Mets series. Just fireworks tonight as we welcome you back to our NBC Sports Philadelphia studio. Ricky Betalico, I’m Michael Barkan. First six runs of this one by the Phillies off the home run. Six home runs in this game. Wow. What did I tell you leaving here tonight? We went over the stadium. I said there’s going to be at least four home runs in this game by the Phillies. I I don’t know. You just have one of those feelings. You look at what Kyle Schwarber did. Puts himself right on pace to go after that record now of Ryan Howards. And Aaron, I will give him this much. He definitely kind of stood back up after the first inning cuz that could have been an atrocious start for him. Yeah, it did not look good at the beginning. He was all over the place in that first inning, but then he settled back in, started using his fast ball a little bit more. You were wanting that command beginning of the game. We’ll show you all those home runs on Star Wars night at the ballpark as we send it back. I am your father to Tom and John. All right, Michael, thank you. We appreciate that. Harrison Bader is going to lead things off for the Phils as we go to the bottom of the seventh inning. later tonight is two for three. Billy’s had 14 hits inside as Austin Cox continues. Wanderers Sarro warming up in the bullpen over to third. Foul. Line drive into left field. That’ll be it for another base hit for Bader. It’s his third of the night. He’s got a triple, a single, and now a double. Keep swinging that bat, young man. 17 doubles. Fast ball out over the plate by Cox. And Harrison Bader hooks one down that line. Tom got to love it. Boys ain’t give ain’t giving away at bats. at the knees and it’s 0 and one out of the way and it’s one ball, one strike. You know, Harrison Bader’s out at second base. Joe Tory was at the ballpark last night at City Field and uh Joe and his agent Tim O’Neal, they were there. They told us told a story about how Harrison Bader used to trickor treat at Joe Tori’s house when he was a kid. Oh wow. I never asked Joe what costume he wore though or what Joe gave out. I should have asked him that when he comes into town again to see Topper ask. Yeah. Did Harrison realize it was Joe Tori’s house? That’s a good question. I don’t know if he realiz we got to talk to two people. Fouled off over the third base dugout and it’s two and two. Joe looked great last night, by the way. Yeah, I was I was hoping he would come up and see us. Timmy O’Neal. I got to get the Captain America pen to Luke Luke. You got a lot on your plate. Yeah, I got We’re going to the cheese steak. Cheese steak. My ball center field. Not that deep. Here comes Harris still coming on. He makes the catch and one away. Save your fills when you’re on the go with the NBC Sports app presented by Lundy Law, your injury lawyers. Got a pitching change, Tom. All right, so Brian Snickers heading out. This will be a Nissan call to the Ven. 68 pitches for a reliever. Yeah, he was chewing up submittings. Sustainability is stylish. Come and see for yourself when all fans receive a sustainable Phillies cap presented by PGW on August 31st when the Phillies host the Braves. Secure your seats today at phillies.com. All right, so Vidal Bruhan, the shortstop is in pitch. Nick Allen is in to play shortstop. Bow sends it to center and Harris runs it down. Pretty efficient. One pitch and the inning is over. But what an inning it was. Kyle Schwarber with his fourth home run of the night. The fourth Philly in the history of the franchise to do it. Philly’s baseball is brought to you by your Philadelphia area Chevy dealers. Visit chevrolet.com. Buy Rally House, your city, your house. Rallyhouse Philadelphia. And by your local Ford store. Visit local.for.com ford.com. Today we go to the top of the eighth inning. Daniel Roberts still in the ball game. Raphael Marshawn stays in the game. The catch. There he is. Have we used everyone? Uh we No. No. Nick. No. Nick Castianos. Olson takes strike one. Looks like Luke Trebino is warming up in the bullpen. 0 and two. One and two. out to left field. Marshes in slicing back a little bit and he makes the catch. Time now, John, for our Stump the Fans trivia quiz answer brought to you by FanDuel Casino. Get your thrill on. Aaron began today with 1841 strikeouts and 279 career games. Who are the only five right-handed pitchers in MLB history to reach 8,850 career strikeouts in fewer than 280 games? Well, I got Burlander. Yep. Sherzer. Okay. Schilling. Okay. Clemens. Okay. Yeah. I’m throwing the plank. I got two. Right, Larry? Two. All right. Here you go. Burlander and Darish. Oh my god. How’d that get Oh, he got me a bunch. You Darvis. That’s an interesting one. Yeah, that’s that is interesting. Good foul off the netting. Good catch, Larry. How about tomorrow or Saturday’s trivia question be how how does John Crook spell his last name? Here you go. How about that? Here, I’ll help you out, Larry. 0 and2 to Jake Frillley. Pinch hitting. Larry just said that Saturday’s trivia question is going to be who was the last Philly to hit four home runs in a game. I don’t get that. Down strikes. Two hours. You better make a mental note of that right now. Here, put you put Kyle’s name in red so you remember it. That’s what I’ll do. Put Schmidy if you want to. Foul 0 and one. By the way, Cole will be with us on Saturday. Oh yeah, we’re going to make fun of him. Yep. Because Sunday is a national game. You know you’re getting old when you just keep dropping down lists. Yeah, Schmidy always talks about that where he was when his career ended in the home run list and where he is now. He’s probably got a smile on his face tonight after seeing that. He was the last one. Yeah. Well, you know, that’s the thing. When someone ties a record or breaks a record, it brings back the the guy whose record they broke. And it’s not like people in Philly are going to forget Mike Schmidt, don’t get me wrong, but No, but like his pursuit, Kyle’s pursuit of Ryan Howard’s franchise record brings back into the forefront for a generation to see what a great year Ryan had. Yes. And you know, the great thing about knowing Ryan and knowing knowing Schmidy is they’re happy for the guys. Like, you can’t tell me Mike’s not happy for Kyle. You can’t tell me if Kyle ties or breaks Ryan’s record, Ryan won’t be happy for him, right? Fly ball to left center field. It’s deep. Bader’s back toward the fence and he makes the catch with a little leap at the end and the inning is over. In case you’re wondering, Kyle Schwarber is due up fifth. when we go to the bottom of the eighth inning. One, two. That one’s drilled deep to right field. He has done it. Four home runs in a game. A threerun home run. Amazing to be here to watch it. He’s still up fifth in the sitting. Kyle Schwarber joins Mike Schmidt, Chuck Clyde, Ed Delahanti as Philly’s players who have hit four home runs in a game. And now Kepler will lead it off against Bruhan. Took something off of that one. Yeah. Down to 49 miles an hour. Eli White is in left field. Fr’s in in right field. Here’s Jake Frilly who would just pinch it. Uhoh. Wow. That’s not going to register. Dave Lar Roach would not be happy about that. 38 miles an hour. Three games as a pitcher. He moved his feet. Three and one. Throwing at him. It’s throwing at him. Ball four. The fans are happy because they know that he’s due up fifth. Oh yeah. And now Bader who has who needs a home run for the cycle. There’s another one you can check off tonight. Jeez. Well, I think you have to expand it, I guess, a little bit. I would. Yeah, that was a more than a little bit. Tripled in the fourth, singled in the sixth or the fifth, excuse me, and then doubled in the seventh. Are they using pitch comp? The pitch thing. Is that what that thing’s called again? Pitch gum. Yep. Pitch gum. Back toward the middle. Off the glove of Bruhan. Allen picks it up. Throws. Not in time. Four hit night for Bader. Well, Huh. I mean, yeah. I It’s shocking, but Fader was a little bit in front of that one. Hit it off the end of the bat, but after it deflected off the glove of Bruhan, Allen made a heck of an effort, but couldn’t get Bader who’s sniffing that fourth hit. Outside to Bryson, it’s Bryson then in Mundo Sosa. Well, it’s been a strike this inning. Yeah, zone has been expanded, Tom. It’s official. Center field. Harris makes the catch. Kepler’s tagging going to third. Edmundo Sosa’s coming up. I would think even the reaction like the crowd reaction when Kyle comes up is going to be pretty cool. I know we said that before. Yeah, I believe they’ll be on their feet, but he didn’t get a, you know, curtain call. Maybe he’s waiting for the fifth one. It would be extra special. And Mundo lines one to left field a base hit. Kepler will score. The Phillies add another one. It’s 19 to four. And here comes Kyle Schwarber. No player in baseball history has ever hit five home runs in a game. two three-run home runs, a two-run home run, and a solo home run. Nine RBI’s popped up. Out to left, Eli White and Allen. And White makes the call on the catch. And he’ll get another round of applause. Yeah, we should all stand up and give him an applause. What an impressive night by that match. Weston Wilson out to left field. It’s not that deep. White comes in again and makes the catch. The inning is over. Run scores. We’re going to the ninth inning. The Phils the tonic of coming home certainly helps. Philly’s baseball is brought to you by Toyota. The Toyota national sales event is on. Toyota, let’s go places by Xfinity. Stream Phillies baseball with Wi-Fi built for the biggest moments. Xfinity, the Wi-Fi is booming. By Citizens, official bank of the Phils. And by Independence Blue Cross, your hometown health insurer. Learn more at ivx.com. We go to the ninth inning, the top of the ninth inning on Star Wars night. I think even Darth Vader would have been proud of what happened tonight with Kyle Schwarber. Four home runs, 21st in Major League Baseball history to do that. Fourth in Philly’s history. Lou Trevino is the new pitcher. 39th game for for Trevino here in 2025. Aussie Alb’s is 0 for two. Remember this was a three nothing Braves lead after the first inning. Albees was called out on a potential double steel. Yeah, that replay kind of showed that he was probably safe. Not that it would have mattered at this point because the Philly scored 19, but who knows what it would have done for Aaron Nola if that didn’t continue. Yeah. Yeah, because you know, I’m sure Rob Thompson’s probably thinking, “Oh my gosh, what?” You know, we can’t let this thing get out of hand, but because of that doubles deal, third out and then the Fighting’s dropped a five spot on Cal Quantrol. Fly ball to right field. Kepler. He stands his ground. Postgame live presented by Cure Auto Insurance is coming up after the game. Michael and Ricky are standing by for that one. They’re going to have a lot to talk about. Yeah, you’d think most of it would be positive. I said most of it. I didn’t say all of it. I mean, how do you not hit a home run off a position player? Might come into Michael’s vocabulary tonight. Dialogue. JT kind of booed him too. Booted Kyle. Yeah. He’s throwing 40 miles an hour. Here’s JT. Well, after New York, that mess that happened up there in those three games, it’s nice to see the boys having some fun. finally. Well, he always has fun. Ranger, right? Kyle’s looking at a swing against Bruhan. Tell you what, they might have to grease the old Liberty Bell up there after today. It’s been moving. Yeah. Two and two. Trevino’s ready to go. Fouls it off the foot. Harris does. You know, WD40, Tom, that takes care of a lot of issues. I did. I had some of that going uh today. You did? Yeah. And the sliding glass door. Yeah. Don’t you hate those? Yeah. Trying to put it off getting it fixed. Lube it up. See if it works. Swag and a miss. See if it still opens next spring. That’s all you got to worry about. Two outs. It’s got to be a cool moment for L Tino. Absolutely. Mentioned uh went to Upper Bucks. Christian grew up a Phillies fan. Phillies fan. Mom and dad are here. His wife is here to watch him. a lot of games in the big leagues. Got that little deception with that little turn. Yeah. Fly ball left side. This should do it. Sosa B. Sosa makes the call and makes the catch and the Phillies win it. Kyle Schwarber is the story tonight. He’s the story around baseball tonight. Phillies scored 19 runs. It’s the most since July 1st, 2023 against Washington. A four home run night. The 21st player in baseball history to have four home runs in a game. a franchise record, nine RBI’s. He finished four for six. And how could he not be the Chevrolet player of the game? Harrison Bader, home shy of the Cycler. He’s going to be a footnote on this game. Toyota Capri turning points. Let’s go all Schwarber here. All Schwarber all the time. Yeah, big one there. Tom gets the Phillies on the board after going down three nothing. And then off of Mr. Cox in his fourth inning. Another long homer. And if one’s good, two’s better, Tom. Might as well spread the wealth with the baseballs to left field. There’s a smile finally. And then number four off of Sero, Wander Sero at line drive. It hits the facing of the second deck. What a hell of a night for him. Sadcast powered by Google Cloud gives us a look at his home runs. There were 450, 383, 378, and 407. The nine RBI’s, a franchise record. He is the fourth player in Major League Baseball history. Fourth player in Major League Baseball history, dating back to 1920, to have four home runs and nine or more RBI’s in a single game. And Kyle joins us now. Wow. First of all, that was impressive, my man. That was really impressive from a just from a pure baseball standpoint. Congratulations on the individual effort tonight. Appreciate it. Yeah. Uh it’s crazy. Uh I wish I didn’t ask a question in the cage. How many guys have hit five homers? Oh my god. But that was below. Just a little guy. Just a little guy. Just a little guy. But no, it was a it was a good night. Fun night for everyone. Uh, you know, Noah’s got that got the strikeouts there. Uh, great at bats to start the game off and good way to start the series after uh, you know, the previous series and got to keep going. Well, Kyle, you’re you’re going to get asked a lot about yourself tonight. Good Morning America. More than likely, every every national network’s going to want to talk to you about about your performance tonight. It had to be impressive sitting in there watching Aaron Nola give up three in the first and then battle his ass off the rest of the way and get to it in the sixth inning. Yeah, that’s what I told him after the game uh when he came out uh he came back to the cage and I was just saying, “Dude, you know, that’s unbelievable for you to go out there, you have a tough first inning and next thing you know you’re throwing up a bunch of zeros.” And you know, he made a he didn’t he made a pitch to Olsson there, but it is what it is. And you know, he kept us uh there. you know, we we got him some runs and he was able to keep going so we could get more. Kyle, how important was your first inning, not only you, but the team’s first inning just to get those runs back. Yeah, it was big. You know, I think that was the thing. You know, we knew uh you know, we wanted to come out tonight and have some really quality at bats and for that to turn out in that first inning where, you know, I think what three homers in the first inning. So, uh just great at bats all around and uh that was a great answer back and we just kept going. Are you going to go and tell Bryce that uh you know to go back with that quote of you know we have to play with a little more intensity and you know you know how that goes when you when you’re losing ball games. Yeah. I mean it, you know, we you play so many games, especially now that we’re getting towards the end, right? Every game matters. And uh, you know, last series was wasn’t a series we wanted to have, obviously. And, uh, you know, I think the the thing that is always going to be constant is our mindsets that we have. Uh, you know, I don’t think anyone’s going out in our last series flat. Everyone’s wanting to go out and win a game. And just like tonight, go out there, have the same mindset, go win a game. And uh you know, we got some good results and good things happened and now we we got another one tomorrow. Keep going. Kyle, there’s not many times when you win a game like you did today that you can say a guy hit four home runs, drove in nine runs, but it was a great team win. It really I I mean I just look all around that everything was great at bats all around that, you know, like I said, we talked about Nolles there where Nullles goes out there tough first inning has, you know, keeps him at bay. the other guys came in did their jobs and uh you know you you look at the at bats throughout the lineup that feel like there was a lot of hits going on and that was you know the thing that we needed tonight so that’s why it’s all great great all round win nice going buddy congratulations yeah thank you for joining us Kyle Schwarber our guest the Phillies win it 19 to four home runs nine RBI’s got to go talk to radio and got to do it all tonight post game and America America’s guest He’ll be on swamp people. He could probably be on swamp people.
FULL GAME: August 28, 2025 – Atlanta Braves vs. Philadelphia Phillies
Schwarber became just the 21st player in Major League history to hit four home runs in a single game when he did so in the Phillies’ 19-4 rout over the Braves. He’s the fourth Phillie to accomplish the feat, joining Mike Schmidt (April 17, 1976), Chuck Klein (July 10, 1936) and Ed Delahanty (July 13, 1896).
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I’m better than kyle schwarber
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How did you edit it this bad? Half of the seventh inning is missing.
Baseball in December crazy lol
Yep and I hit six homers in a game on the Show so L. 🤣🥱
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Is nobody going to talk about the fact that in the same game, Harrison Bader was a home run away from a cycle? That feat should also be mentioned as well
In this season we had Eugenio Suarez, Kurtz, and also Schwarber hitting four dingers in a sungle game. Bellinger was also close for one 4 homer game
Schwarber can't stop hitting 💣💣💣💣
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