{"id":76655,"date":"2025-08-12T09:01:48","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T09:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=76655"},"modified":"2025-08-12T09:01:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T09:01:48","slug":"phillies-kyle-schwarber-leapfrogs-shohei-ohtani-with-no-doubt-hr-vs-reds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=76655","title":{"rendered":"Phillies&#8217; Kyle Schwarber leapfrogs Shohei Ohtani with no-doubt HR vs. Reds"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/phantom-marca.uecdn.es\/f766f955a674cb294071d342104919ef\/resize\/828\/f\/jpg\/assets\/multimedia\/imagenes\/2025\/08\/08\/17546174935523.png\" alt=\"Can Kyle Schwarber take the MVP away from Shohei Ohtani? It's possible if  he continues to keep up this pace with the Philadelphia Phillies | Marca\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia Phillies star designated hitter Kyle Schwarber sent one to the moon, as he ripped a towering home run in the eighth inning of Monday&#8217;s series opener against the Cincinnati Reds on the road at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. Schwarber&#8217;s blast drove in two runs and stretched Philadelphia&#8217;s lead from a run to three runs in what became a 4-1 victory for his team.<\/p>\n<p>After taking a ball on the first pitch he saw from Reds right-handed reliever Tony Santillan, Schwarber turned on the pitcher&#8217;s 94 mph four-seam fastball for his 41st home run of the season.<\/p>\n<p>With that tater, Schwarber also broke his tie with Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani for second-most home runs in the big leagues, this far in the 2025 MLB regular season. Schwarber entered the new week with 41 home runs, but he&#8217;s now only three home runs back of season leader Cal Raleigh of the Seattle Mariners. The Mariners star catcher has 45 home runs to date.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-dnt=\"true\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">SCHWAR\ud83d\udca3<\/p>\n<p>Kyle Schwarber clubs his 42nd home run of the year! pic.twitter.com\/yyII7R9NaN<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLB\/status\/1955058608938319908?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1955058608938319908%7Ctwgr%5E24d746375a6d9484fa6a4a26fb3947445bcd24d7%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fclutchpoints.com%2Fmlb%2Fphiladelphia-phillies%2Fphillies-news-kyle-schwarber-leapfrogs-shohei-ohtani-no-doubt-hr-reds<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Fans have also been left astonished by Schwarber&#8217;s latest dinger.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKyle Schwarber is going to hit 60 HR and it will be a blast to watch,\u201d a commenter said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe just hit ball, no other talent or skill like showhay,\u201d a social media user on X (formerly Twitter) commented.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGive him the MVP trophy already,\u201d a fan added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe knew he was bombing that once Santillan hit the mound,\u201d read another comment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe HR race is HEATING UP !\u201d another X user mentioned.<\/p>\n<p>That was also Schwarber&#8217;s fourth home run in August, as he continues to make a big impact on Philadelphia&#8217;s offense.<\/p>\n<p>With still plenty of games left to play in the regular season for the Phillies, Schwarber has a big chance of setting a new career high in terms of home runs in a single year. His most in a season remains 47, which he had in the 2023 campaign, his second in Phillies uniform.<\/p>\n<p>The 32-year-old Schwarber has always been a big threat to launch a long ball, and that&#8217;s been especially clear in 2025. He is on the 100th percentile with a 60.5 hard-hit percentage and 99th percentile with a 94.8 average exit velocity entering Monday, per Baseball Savant.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kyle Schwarber added to his home run total in the 2025 MLB season with a huge blast during Monday&#8217;s clash between the Phillies and Reds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":76656,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2017,44,49],"class_list":["post-76655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","tag-kyle-schwarber","tag-mlb","tag-philadelphia-phillies"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Phillies&#039; Kyle Schwarber leapfrogs Shohei Ohtani with no-doubt HR vs. Reds - NEWS USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=76655\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Phillies&#039; 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