Phantastic performances: Phillies' Shwarber homers twice in an inning, Harper hits for cycle vs Mets

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kyle Schwarber launched two long home runs in the Philadelphia Phillies' eight-run third inning against the New York Mets on Saturday night and Bryce Harper became the 11th player in franchise history to hit for the cycle. Schwarber led off the Phillies' huge inning with a solo h

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kyle Schwarber launched two long home runs in the Philadelphia Phillies' eight-run third inning against the New York Mets on Saturday night and Bryce Harper became the 11th player in franchise history to hit for the cycle.

Schwarber led off the Phillies' huge inning with a solo homer off Mets starter Freddy Peralta, sending the ball 456 feet into the second deck in right field.

Later in the inning, Schwarber hit a three-run shot

off Cionel Perez into nearly the same spot, 457 feet away for his major league-leading 27th home run of the season.

Schwarber is the 67th player in major league history to hit two home runs in an inning and the second this season, joining Houston’s Yordan Alvarez, who accomplished the feat on June 12. He's the fourth Phillies player to do so, along with Trea Turner (Aug. 19, 2023), Von Hayes (June 11, 1985) and Andy Seminick (June 2, 1949).

Harper finished his first career cycle by the fifth inning. He hit a solo home run in the first, his 16th of the season. He doubled and scored on an error in the third, then singled after Schwarber’s second home run.

In the fifth, he lined a ball into the gap in left-center field and motored around to third base for a two-run triple. He's the first Phillies player to hit for the cycle since Weston Wilson on Aug. 15, 2024.

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