"I thought he was going to do it, I really did," Phillies manager Rob Thomson told reporters after the game. "There was no doubt in my mind."
"I've got a mental block somewhere in my head that I'm not very good against position players," Schwarber said."
Kyle Schwarber homered in the first, fourth, fifth and seventh innings, becoming the 21st player to hit four home runs in a game. In the eighth, he faced Atlanta position player Vidal Bruján, who lobbed a 57.4 mph pitch over the plate; Schwarber popped up and was called out on an infield-fly rule, removing any question of a fifth homer. Schwarber has 333 career homers and an MLB-leading 49 this season, yet he has zero homers in 15 plate appearances against position players. Bruján has a 27.00 ERA in three career pitching appearances.
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