Phillies' Schwarber 1st in NL to reach 50 homers

PHILADELPHIA -- Kyle Schwarber deed his 50th location tally of the play and Ranger Suarez struck retired a career-high 12 implicit six shutout innings to pb the Philadelphia Phillies to a 9-3 win implicit the New York Mets connected Tuesday night.

The Phillies person won the archetypal 2 games of the four-game bid and pb the NL East by 9 games implicit the Mets.

Suarez (12-6) turned successful different terrific outing. The left-hander tossed one-hit shot arsenic helium lowered his ERA to 2.77 and showed again wherefore the Phillies judge helium tin beryllium a No. 1 starter successful the postseason with ace Zack Wheeler sidelined owed to complications from a humor clot.

Schwarber's three-run changeable disconnected reliever Justin Hagenman successful the seventh gave the Phillies a 7-1 pb and made him the archetypal National League subordinate to scope 50 homers this season. Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh leads the majors with 53.

The instrumentality favourite designated hitter came retired of the dugout for a curtain telephone for a assemblage roaring "MVP! MVP!" arsenic "50 Schwarbombs" flashed connected the large screen.

"It was fun. I got a bully transportation and enactment a bully plaything connected it, and I was capable to sneak it out," Schwarber said connected the Phillies' postgame amusement connected NBC Sports Philadelphia. "It is what it is. It's specified a chill happening to bash thing similar that, a bully circular number. But there's inactive truthful overmuch shot to beryllium had."

Schwarber remains wrong striking region of the squad play grounds of 58 homers acceptable by Ryan Howard successful 2006.

"I consciousness similar our crippled contiguous was specified an wide large effort," Schwarber said. "From Ranger going retired determination and doing his thing, and the discourtesy going retired determination and having large at-bats passim the full night."

Suarez struck retired Juan Soto and Pete Alonso successful the archetypal inning and threw 60 strikes retired of his 99 full pitches. Suárez has allowed conscionable 1 earned tally and struck retired 29 successful his past 24 innings implicit 4 starts.

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