Philadelphia Phillies' Kyle Schwarber Nearly Makes History With Moonshot Home Run

When Kyle Schwarber hits home runs, he leaves no doubt where the ball is going.

That remained the case in the Philadelphia Phillies' victory over the Atlanta Braves on Monday night.

Philadelphia was already up 5-1 when Schwarber stepped up to the plate with one man on in the top of the sixth. The veteran slugger got a hold of a sinker right down the middle and sent it soaring well over the right field wall for the Phillies' fifth homer of the night.

The ball left Schwarber's bat at 113.9 miles per hour with a 32 degree launch angle. The no-doubter traveled 483 feet, nearly leaving Truist Park entirely.

According to MLB.com's Sarah Langs, it was the second-longest home run by a Phillies player since the Statcast era began in 2015. The longest was a 488-foot bomb by Schwarber in Game 1 of the 2022 NLCS.

In addition to Monday's moonshot being the second-longest homer of Schwarber's career, ESPN Stats & Info reported that it was the third-longest in all of MLB this season.