The Philadelphia Phillies beat the New York Mets 15-3 on Saturday night in MLB, with Kyle Schwarber hitting three home runs and Bryce Harper completing the first cycle of his major league career.
ESPN's scoreboard verifies the June 20 game in Philadelphia as final, with the Phillies winning 15-3. The Associated Press report carried by ESPN supplied the individual milestones: Schwarber homered twice in the same inning and Harper became the 11th player in Phillies history to hit for the cycle.
Harper Finishes First Career Cycle
Harper opened his night with a solo home run off New York Mets starter Freddy Peralta, then added a double and a single during Philadelphia's eight-run third inning. He completed the cycle in the fifth with a triple into left-center field.
Harper finished 4-for-5 with three RBIs and two runs. ESPN reported that it was the first Phillies cycle since Weston Wilson on Aug. 15, 2024, and only the eighth triple Harper has hit in eight seasons with Philadelphia.
The timing gave the game a second historical layer. Harper became the second MLB player this season, and the second this week, to hit for the cycle after Chicago Cubs outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong did it Monday against the Colorado Rockies.
Schwarber Hits Two Homers In Third
Schwarber led off the third inning with a 456-foot homer off Peralta, then returned later in the same inning and hit a 457-foot three-run homer off Cionel Perez. In the seventh, he added his third homer of the game, a two-run shot off Tobias Myers.
Schwarber finished 4-for-5 with six RBIs and four runs scored. ESPN reported that his seventh-inning homer was his major league-leading 28th of the season.
The two-homer inning made Schwarber the 67th player in major league history to do it, according to ESPN. He joined Houston Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez as the second player this season to reach that mark and became the fourth Phillies player on the list after Trea Turner, Von Hayes and Andy Seminick.
Phillies Pair Joins Rare MLB Company
The combined achievement was even rarer than either individual line. ESPN reported that the Phillies became just the second team in MLB history to have one player hit for the cycle and another hit at least three home runs in the same game.
The previous instance came on June 3, 1932, when Tony Lazzeri and Lou Gehrig did it for the New York Yankees. Philadelphia did not need that comparison to make the night loud, but it frames how unusual the 15-3 win over the Mets really was.