Kyle Schwarber demolishes 300th career home run as Phillies explode to beat lowly Rockies

Few batters in the sport of baseball can hit a baseball with the might that Kyle Schwarber can bring. He proved just that as he demolished a milestone home run.

The Phillies slugger stepped to the plate in the top of the ninth inning sitting on 299 career homers, and he launched No. 300 with authority. His 466-foot home run clanged off the facing of the third level at Coors Field to make him the 163rd player in Major League Baseball history to homer at least 300 times.

Schwarber’s majestic blast was the highlight of a late offensive explosion for the Phillies. Alec Bohm hit the go-ahead home run in the eighth as Philadelphia rallied late to beat the lowly Rockies, 9-3, on Monday night. Trea Turner went 3-for-5 with a double and a triple. Edmundo Sosa went 4-for-5 and hit his first home run of the year. It all clicked for the Phillies late.

With his home run against lefty reliever Scott Alexander, Schwarber became the 11th active player to reach the 300-homer mark. Since joining the Phillies in 2022, the left-handed hitter has hit 147 home runs. He has developed into one of the most dangerous power bats in the majors leagues, as well as one of the best overall hitters in the sport.

The late push for the Phillies (29-18) helped starter Cristopher Sánchez avoid a loss on a sloppy defensive night behind him. He allowed three runs in six innings with seven strikeouts.

The offense scored four runs in the eighth inning and three in the ninth to come back and beat the Rockies (8-39) in the opener of a four-game series. The Phillies were the better team and showed it in the final two innings, also adding in a special moment from Schwarber as the club squeaked into first place in the National League East.