It’s a low-scoring game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the San Diego Padres in Game 1 of the NLCS, but fans at Petco Park witnessed one of the longest and hardest-hit home runs in MLB history.
Heading into the sixth inning with a 1-0 lead, the Phillies saw Kyle Schwarber step onto the plate for his third at-bat of the night, and he saw a Yu Darvish 87-mph cutter, which he was absolutely ready for was .
Schwarber used his quick hands and immediately turned around on the field, and the ball hit the entire run as it surged into the San Diego night to right field.
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As it landed, Schwarber caught the upper deck, an area baseball rarely ventures into at Petco Park, and even the Padres’ fans couldn’t help but admire what they’d just witnessed.
When the results hit the field via MLB Statcast, it read 488 feet and 119.7 miles per hour from Schwarber’s stick.
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Kyle Schwarber #12 of the Philadelphia Phillies hits a home run in the sixth inning against the San Diego Padres in game one of the National League Championship Series at PETCO Park on October 18, 2022 in San Diego, California. (Denis Poroy/Getty Images)
To put those numbers in perspective, it’s the fifth-highest home run in MLB since 2008. New York Yankees’ Giancarlo Stanton owns three of the top five at 121.7 mph, which equals 121.3 mph and 119.8 the hardest hit in this range is km/h. His teammate Aaron Judge clocked a speed of 121.1 mph in June 2017.
But as far as Phillies records go, Schwarber’s bombshell is the cake. Not only is it the longest home run of his career, but Schwarber also has the longest home run by a Phillies player since Statcast launched in 2015, MLB Network reports. It’s also the hardest-hit Philly Ball under Statcast.
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Kyle Schwarber #12 of the Philadelphia Phillies reacts after hitting a home run in the sixth inning against the San Diego Padres in game one of the National League Championship Series at PETCO Park on October 18, 2022 in San Diego, California. (Denis Poroy/Getty Images)
And Phillies All-Star Bryce Harper, who hit a homer earlier in the game, was us all when we saw the ball pop from Schwarber’s bat.
Schwarber and Harper’s solo homers were all it took for the Phillies to win Game 1 from the Padres 2-0 when starter Zack Wheeler served huge.
He allowed the Padres just one hit over seven innings with eight strikeouts to set the tone for the game and series.
Kyle Schwarber #12 of the Philadelphia Phillies hits a home run in the sixth inning against the San Diego Padres in game one of the National League Championship Series at PETCO Park on October 18, 2022 in San Diego, California. (Denis Poroy/Getty Images)
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Game 2 will be played in San Diego on Wednesday before the series travels to Philadelphia for Game 3 on Friday night.
Scott Thompson is a sportswriter at Fox News Digital.