Schwarber's 3 homers in 4 at bats put Phillies 1 win from 2026 title

Kyle Schwarber made it three homers in four at-bats, counting the game-winner to end the 2-1 win over the Dodgers in the previous game, as the Phillies crushed Tampa Bay 8-3 to move within one win of their first Statis-Pro World Series title.

Schwarber started the scoring with a two-run double in the first inning, then homered in the third and fifth to finish with five RBI. The win puts Philadelphia in control of the three-team championship pool.

Phillies One Win Away

The path from here is much simpler than it looks: Philadelphia needs one more win to become champion. Tampa Bay and the Dodgers need to keep winning to stay alive. Tampa is the only team that does not control their destiny - the also need the Dodgers to beat the Phillies for them to stay alive.

Tampa Bay plays at Los Angeles next, with former Met Freddy Peralta facing Yoshinobu Yamamoto.

• If the Dodgers beat Tampa, the Rays are eliminated. The Dodgers would then need to beat Philadelphia and beat the Phillies again in a winner-take-all finale for the title.
• If Tampa beats the Dodgers, Los Angeles is eliminated. Tampa would then need the Dodgers to beat the Phillies in the pool finale to keep them from clinching, and then Tampa would also need to beat Philadelphia twice in a row to win the title.
• Any Philadelphia win ends the season with the Phillies as champions.

So Philadelphia is one win away, while either challenger must run the table from here to see which two teams are added to the annual update of Statis-Pro champions and runners-up.

2025 - LA Dodgers beat Seattle again           

2024    LA Dodgers beat Seattle                

2023    Houston beat Chicago Cubs                

2022    LA Dodgers beat NY Yankees                

2021    Boston beat LA Dodgers      

2020    LA Dodgers beat Tampa Rays     

2019    Houston beat Washington    

2018    Arizona beat Cleveland         

2017    Boston beat Chicago Cubs               

2016    Houston beat Chicago Cubs

 

Pos	1st inning	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	Final
Phi	4	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	8
TB	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3
Pos	PHI	AB	R	H	RBI	Extra	Bats	Home Run!	SP	OPS
SS	Trea Turner	4	2	1	1	HR	RN	33 to 35	A	0.774
1b	Luis Arraez	4	2	3	0		LN	41 to 42	C	0.828
LF	Brandon Marsh	4	1	1	0		LN	28 to 33	B	0.814
DH	Kyle Schwarber	4	3	3	5	2hr,2b	LP	17 to 25	C	0.852
RF	Bryce Harper	4	0	0	0		LP	26 to 31	C	0.823
3b	Alec Bohm	4	0	1	1		RN	33 to 34	D	0.756
2b	Bryson Stott	4	0	1	0		LN	28 to 31	A	0.722
C	J.T. Realmuto	4	0	0	0		RN	27 to 31	C	0.704
CF	Justin Crawford	4	0	0	0		LN	33 to 33	A	0.701
BatAv	0.278	36	8	10	7
PB-	PHI	IP	H	R	ER	W	K	Strikeout!	Th	ERA
4'-7	Aaron Nola	4.2	4	3	3	3	8	26 to 45	Right	3.98
2'-7	Tanner Banks	1.1	0	0	0	1	2	25 to 45	Left	3.79
2'-7	Max Lazar	1	1	0	0	0	1	27 to 45	Right	3.95
2'-8	Orion Kerkering	1	0	0	0	0	2	22 to 48	Right	3.51
2'-8	José Alvarado	1	1	0	0	0	1	21 to 53	Left	3.26
		9	6	3	3	4	14
Pos	TBR	AB	R	H	RBI	Extra	Bats	Home Run!	SP	OPS
SS	Wander Franco	3	1	2	0	sb	SP	27 to 32	A	0.785
3b	Junior Caminero	3	1	1	1		RP	26 to 34	D	0.850
1b	Yandy Díaz	3	0	0	0		RN	32 to 33	D	0.780
RF	Jake Fraley	3	0	1	0	sb	LN	27 to 28	A	0.714
LF	Gavin Lux	3	0	1	1		LN	28 to 28	D	0.694
1B	Liam Hicks	4	0	0	0		LN	27 to 27	D	0.700
CF	Cedric Mullins	4	0	1	0		SN	24 to 26	A	0.683
C	Nick Fortes	4	0	0	0		RN	26 to 27	D	0.660
2b	Richie Palacios	3	1	0	0		LN	26 to 26	B	0.680
BatAv	0.200	30	3	6	2	no extra
PB-	TBR	IP	H	R	ER	W	K	Strikeout!	Th	ERA
4'-7	Joe Boyle	0.1	5	4	4	0	0	22 to 51	Right	3.92
4'-7	Ryan Pepiot	2.2	2	1	1	0	3	23 to 47	Right	4.02
4'-7	Steven Matz	2	2	2	2	0	0	27 to 44	Left	4.06
2'-7	Kevin Kelly	1	1	1	1	0	2	27 to 45	Right	3.70
2'-7	Manuel Rodríguez	1	0	0	0	0	2	25 to 44	Right	3.66
2'-8	Garrett Cleavinger	1	0	0	0	0	1	21 to 54	Left	3.22
2'-8	Griffin Jax	1	0	0	0	0	2	22 to 55	Right	2.94
		9	10	8	8	0	10

Here is the scoresheet of the Phillies blowout win.