Philadelphia’s Kyle Schwarber blasted a record-tying four home runs in a single Major League Baseball game, but regretted missing out on a rare chance to smash a fifth homer.
The 32-year-old American became only the 21st player in MLB history to hit four homers in one game in Wednesday’s 19-4 home rout of Atlanta, becoming the fourth player in Phillies history to manage the feat as well as the third overall from this season.
Schwarber tagged a solo homer to the second deck of seats in right field in the first inning, followed with a two-run homer down the right-field line in the third, crushed a three-run homer to left field in the fifth and smashed a three-run blast off reliever Wander Suero in the seventh inning.
“It was pretty cool to go out there and do that,” Schwarber said. “And y