BOSTON (AP) 鈥� Kyle Schwarber feels his surge is just getting started.
Scwharber tied a Phillies record by homering for the fifth consecutive game, hitting his major league-high 17th to lead Philadelphia over the Boston Red Sox .
鈥淚 feel I can get better,” Schwarber said. 鈥淥bviously, good results. I鈥檓 more kind of looking at the overall days. Kind of the last two where I felt like it was multiple good at-bats versus just kind of one. Those are the things I more care about.鈥�
Schwarber has six homers in a five-game span for the first time. The 33-year-old joined Bobby Abreu, Dick Allen, Od煤bel Herrera, Rhys Hoskins, Mike Schmidt, Trea Turner and Chase Utley as Phillies homering in five games in a row. The most recent had been Turner from Aug. 8 to Sept. 2, 2023.
鈥淎bsolutely you want to have instant results 鈥� home run, I put a run on the board,鈥� Schwarber said. 鈥淏ut you want to also feel like you鈥檙e doing more throughout your whole day and feel you鈥檙e really putting together some consistent at-bats. I feel like I鈥檓 hopefully starting to get to that point.鈥�
Schwarber’s spurt had coincided with the Phillies’ turnaround under Don Mattingly, promoted from bench coach to interim manager after president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski fired manager Rob Thomson.
Philadelphia (20-22) has won three straight and six of eight, improving to 11-3 since Mattingly took over.
鈥淗e’s just one of those guys that if you make mistakes, he makes you pay,鈥� Mattingly said of Schwarber.
Schwarber played 21 games for Boston after being traded by Washington in July 2021. He hit seven home runs with a .522 slugging percentage for the Red Sox.
His familiarity Fenway Park was beneficial.
鈥淚鈥檝e kind of just had an eye for the park,” Schwarber said. “When I got traded over, I had really good success. And then, previously, coming back one time before that I had a pretty good series. It鈥檚 just always just seems to just fit the eye. When I step in the box there鈥檚 not much that I really think about. I just go up and take an at bat.鈥�
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