{"id":27726,"date":"2026-04-17T20:51:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T20:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=27726"},"modified":"2026-04-17T20:51:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T20:51:27","slug":"phillies-take-series-opener-over-cubs-behind-kyle-schwarbers-homers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=27726","title":{"rendered":"Phillies take series opener over Cubs behind Kyle Schwarber’s homers"},"content":{"rendered":"


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PHILADELPHIA — Kyle Schwarber<\/a> kept calm and stayed ready to hit the fastball.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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So many people outside the Phillies\u2019 clubhouse lately have wanted to see something different or drastic happen following the team\u2019s slow start. They wanted to see bat racks and helmets smashed, the spread flipped in the clubhouse and the manager pulling players from games as punishment for their actions. But players like Schwarber prefer to stay even keeled and maintain a routine and approach that has worked in the past and they believe will work in the future.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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So, Schwarber did his pregame work, then stepped into the batter\u2019s box in the first inning of Monday night\u2019s 13-7 victory<\/a> over the Cubs at Citizens Bank Park ready to hit the fastball.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cIf you\u2019re ready for a fastball, you\u2019ve got a chance at the breaking ball and offspeed,\u201d he said.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Schwarber took a first-pitch fastball from Cubs right-hander Javier Assad for a strike. Assad followed with a changeup down in the zone.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cJust tried to ride it out for as long as I could,\u201d Schwarber said.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Schwarber went down to get it. He dropped the barrel on it as he dropped to his right knee. The ball left his bat at 103.5 mph and sailed 414 feet into the shrubbery in center field to give the Phillies a 1-0 lead.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cThat\u2019s kind of the result whenever you\u2019re out in front and you\u2019re working down to that ball there,\u201d Schwarber said. \u201cAnd the knee goes down, too. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s been the first time that\u2019s happened, but that\u2019s kind of the thought process there.\u201d\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The Phillies limped out of Citizens Bank Park on Sunday having lost two consecutive series to fall below .500. They not only squandered scoring opportunities in the series finale against Arizona, but they twice ran into outs on the bases, prompting Bryce Harper to critique the effort<\/a> by saying, \u201cYeah, just bad baseball.\u201d\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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But Schwarber\u2019s first-inning homer on Monday jolted a Phillies\u2019 offense that had not scored runs in consecutive innings since April 3.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The Phillies scored in the second inning to take a 2-0 lead. Schwarber hit a two-run home run to right in the third to make it 4-0. The Phillies scored five runs in the fifth inning, three in the sixth and one in the seventh, too.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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An offense that had scored runs in just six of their previous 62 innings had scored runs in six of the first seven against the Cubs.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cIt\u2019s awesome,\u201d Schwarber said. \u201cIt\u2019s fun. We love scoring runs. We love going out there. We love getting the job done. That\u2019s why we show up. That\u2019s why we play.\u201d\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Schwarber spoke on Saturday about not wanting hitters to feel like they \u201cbadly need\u201d a big inning or a big game because it pushes them to try to do something more than they can.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cThe context of that,\u201d Schwarber said Monday, \u201cis we always want to do it. We want to get that big hit. We always want to get the inning going, whatever it is. The meaning of that is, the more you really try to go out there and do that, the more that you might just expand, the more you might try to go out there and do too much. Versus, when you look around the room, we got a lot of really good players, and that’s why I mean staying within ourselves and doing what we do. I’ll take our chances on a daily basis with that.\u201d\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Alec Bohm snapped a 0-for-17 skid with a single in the third inning. Adolis Garcia snapped a 0-for-13 skid with a single in the fifth. J.T. Realmuto had his first three-hit game since Aug. 18.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cThe words of Rhys Hoskins,\u201d Schwarber said. \u201cIt\u2019s always stuck. It\u2019s just, \u2018Get to the plate.\u2019 There\u2019s always a chance when you get to the box. Right? Let\u2019s get to the box. There\u2019s always going to be a chance. They\u2019ve been in here, they\u2019ve been putting in the work. They\u2019ve been doing a lot of great things in the cage, and trying to prepare themselves to go out there and compete. They stay on it on a daily basis.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cAnd then when you go out there and you finally get your result, it\u2019s not shocking. Every time they step up to the plate, we think they\u2019re going to do something good. It\u2019s the nature of us.\u201d\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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