![]() “You can kind of see it,” said center fielder Lorenzo Cain, who singled and stole a base in the two-run sixth inning uprising against Harvey. And as the wins pile up, so, too does the conviction in the Royals dugout.Īlex Gordon hits massive, late homer tie World Series Game 1 It was the Royals’ 19th postseason victory in 26 games over these past two playoffs. If he’s not watching baseball, he’s almost certainly riding his bike. He’s an Orioles fan living in New York City, and thus, he leads a lonely existence most Octobers. Jake Mintz, the louder half of CespedesBBQ is a baseball writer for FOX Sports. They couldn’t help but appreciate what they’d seen.Ĭhances are they’ll never see anything like it again. Stunned Padres fans whispered in nervous laughter as Schwarber rounded the bases. First, a mighty thwack, like a bolt of lightning snapping a redwood tree in half, and then, a hush of silence except for a handful of shocked "ooohs" "oh my gods" and "holy By that point, everyone’s jaw was on the floor. If my job weren’t to put together words about it, I’d be at a loss for them.Įven the sound was different. The ball went impossibly far, impossibly quickly. That would be appropriate because boy, oh boy, was it magnificent and awe-inspiring. ![]() Tuesday’s titanic moon-scraper might prove to be the spark. Just imagine what they could do with a reinvigorated Schwarber. They steamrollered through the Wild-Card Round and NLDS while getting bupkis from a guy who hit 46 bombs. If that’s the case, the Phillies have to be feeling good. But as has so often been the case with Thomson this season, a steady and even-keeled approach won the day. In 20 plate appearances across the first two rounds of the postseason, he’d tallied a single hit - a harmless single against the Braves.ĭespite those struggles, Philly skipper Rob Thomson continued to hit Schwarber in the leadoff spot, a decision that induced more and more ire as the strikeouts and rollovers piled up. Before his 2-for-3 with a walk Tuesday, Schwarber had been riding a Siberian-level cold stretch at the plate. Schwarber’s homer could have a different kind of lasting significance for the Phillies, who now lead the best-of-seven NLCS one game to zero. "A lot of people just looked at me weird," Schwarber mused.Īccomplish alien tasks, receive alien stares. Schwarber was predictably humble in his postgame news conference, stressing that his intergalactic blast counted for just as many runs as Harper’s front-row wall-scraper two innings earlier.īut the 29-year-old outfielder - whose 46 dingers this season placed him second in MLB, behind only Aaron Judge - noted that upon his post-trot return to the dugout, his teammates had a discernibly abnormal reaction. "Maton said there was no way, not even in BP. "In batting practice today, and I were talking about whether anyone could hit one up there," San Diego native Stubbs told FOX Sports after the game. Upon its arrival into the third row of Section 229, the big fly became the first ball to reach the upper deck in left field at the stadium. It left the bat with a launch angle of 25 degrees at 119.7 mph, making it the single hardest-hit ball of Schwarber’s career. The 488-foot homer, which gave the Phillies a 2-0 lead they’d carry home, is now the longest in Petco Park history. With one majestic swing, Schwarber sent him back to grade school, leaving Harper’s eyes wide with childish wonder and his mouth agape in sheer amazement. Think about how many homers, how many outrageously hard-hit baseballs, Harper has conjured in his incredible career. "I don’t know how a person can hit it harder or farther than that," backup catcher Garrett Stubbs pondered.īut the reaction of Bryce Harper, who at age 16 hit a baseball 502 feet with a metal bat, stole the show. "It’s like poetry in motion, man," Nick Castellanos said of hitting a ball as hard as Schwarber did Tuesday. Rhys Hoskins quipped that it flew out like a golf ball. Realmuto called it "the hardest ball I've ever seen hit in person." Aaron Nola said it was as far as he could remember a home run traveling. Schwarber’s Phillies teammates, who together have witnessed thousands and thousands of ball games, said the same. But I doubt I’ll ever see a homer like that again. Hopefully, I'll see many more before I leave this world. I’ve seen a lot of baseball games in my life. Kyle Schwarber demolishes a home run off Yu Darvish to give the Phillies a 2-0 lead on the Padres in Game 1 of the NLCS
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