Kyle Schwarber is catching fire for the red-hot Phillies, and the lefty slugger broke down exactly how following Tuesday's Game 2 win.
Though Schwarber's pair of homers — the 17th and 18th of his postseason career, tying him for seventh on the all-time list — only accounted for two runs in thein Game 2 of the National League Championship Series, his increased offensive output in this series could mean much more to the reigning NL champions moving forward.
Kelly's first pitch this time was a changeup identical to the one Schwarber grounded out on, and Schwarber took this one for a ball. Catcherthen set up on the outer half for a heater. Kelly missed his spot, and paid the same price Gallen did the night before with a center-cut fastball to the wrong guy. It didn't go nearly as far as his leadoff shot Monday, but it counted all the same. Home run, Phillies.
"Some guys are stubborn with what they wanna do to you," Schwarber later told FOX Sports."And then there are guys who will kinda drop their game plan and try to do something else."Thus far against Schwarber, Kelly had succeeded with a changeup and failed with the fastball. In the sixth inning, Kelly decided not to mess around with another heater that could end up in the wrong place. He instead leaned all the way into his strengths.
"He threw it 2-0 and kinda gave me the window," Schwarber explained."That's what it looks like coming out of there. I think that was the first strike changeup I saw."And this blast, 427 feet to right-center, was much more convincing than the first. While the rest of the Phillies lineup struggled to solve Kelly, Schwarber aptly adjusted in each at-bat and delivered the definitive blows.
Over the final 30 games of this past regular season, Schwarber hit .239/.390/.569 with 11 home runs. Again, he seemed primed to carry such momentum into the most important month of the season. And again, Schwarber struggled through the first two rounds. Amid a sweep of thefollowed by another four-game series victory over the Braves, Schwarber notched four hits in 27 plate appearances.
After finishing second in the majors with 47 dingers in the regular season, Schwarber had finally gotten in on his team's postseason home run derby. You can forgivefor being eager as ever to return to the batter's box at Citizens Bank Park after breaking out of his prolonged slump.
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