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

The three-time All-Star delivered his second homer in the fourth inning with the Phillies up 8-3. Braves left-handed reliever Austin Cox hung an 80-mph curveball in a 3-2 count, and Schwarber hooked it 386 feet around the foul pole for a two-run shot to make it 10-3.

Schwarber's third home run also came off Cox. With the Phillies up 12-3 in the fifth inning, Schwarber swatted a 93-mph fastball on the outside part of the plate 378 feet over the left-field wall to make it 15-3.

The Silver Slugger stepped up in the seventh inning with a 15-4 lead and two runners on. Schwarber ripped Braves reliever Wander Suero's 85-mph changeup 407 feet for a three-run homer, putting his name in the history books.

"It's pretty cool," Schwarber said. "It was a fun night, great atmosphere. Wouldn't want to do it with a better group of guys than we have here."

"It just cooperated," Schwarber said. "You can do everything right and get out, and you can do everything wrong and get a hit. Got some pitches and put some good swings on it."

Schwarber had a chance for a fifth home run against a position player 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."

The Phillies (77-57) will face the Braves (61-73) in the second game of their four-game series Friday at 6:45 p.m. ET. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report.