Phillies' Kyle Schwarber reaches rare MLB feat with 4 home run game

Philadelphia Phillies star Kyle Schwarber became the st participant in MLB history to hit four home runs in a tournament in the unit s - win over the Atlanta Braves on Thursday at Citizens Bank Park Schwarber set the Phillies franchise record with nine RBI and took over the National League home run lead with a career-high His nine RBI gave him on the season leading Major League Baseball Schwarber s first blast came in the first inning with the Phillies trailing - Braves starter Cal Quantrill hung a - curveball that Schwarber hammered feet into the second deck to cut the lead to - CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COMThe three-time All-Star s second homer was in the fourth inning with the Phillies up - Braves left-handed reliever Austin Cox hung an -mph curveball in a - count and Schwarber hooked it feet around the foul pole for a two-run shot to make it - Schwarber s third home run also came off Cox With the Phillies up - in the fifth inning Schwarber swatted a -mph fastball on the outside part of the plate feet over the left-field wall to make it - The Silver Slugger stepped up in the seventh inning with a - lead and two runners on Schwarber ripped Braves reliever Wander Suero s -mph changeup feet for a three-run homer putting his name in the history books It s pretty cool Schwarber revealed It was a fun night great atmosphere Wouldn t want to do it with a better group of guys than we have here MARK TEIXEIRA'S GOP CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN SPARKS BACKLASH FROM THE LEFTMike Schmidt was the last Phillies participant to hit four homers in a tournament doing it against the Chicago Cubs in April Schwarber recorded the third four-homer competition of the season following Eugenio Su rez and Nick Kurtz It just cooperated Schwarber explained You can do everything right and get out and you can do everything wrong and get a hit Got particular pitches and put a few good swings on it Schwarber had a chance for a fifth home run against a position participant but popped up against Braves third baseman Vidal Brujan I stink against position players Schwarber joked All you re trying to do is get a good pitch I got the pitch Just popped it up Schwarber has homers in seasons with the Cubs Washington Nationals Boston Red Sox and Phillies His previous career high was in with Philadelphia The Phillies - will face the Braves - in the second battle of their four-game series Friday at p m ET The Associated Press contributed to this summary Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter