Philadelphia Phillies near fielder Kyle Schwarber made definite that the National League Championship Series against the San Diego Padres started with a bang.
Literally.
The nine-year seasoned launched a 488-foot location tally connected a transportation from Yu Darvish successful the apical of the sixth inning.
— Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies) October 19, 2022Schwarber's location tally had an exit velocity of 119.7 mph, making it the hardest-hit postseason location tally successful the Statcast Era (since 2015). It is besides the longest location tally successful Petco Park successful the aforesaid clip span.
Schwarber deed a career-high 46 location runs successful the regular season, trailing lone record-setting New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge.
Bryce Harper, who deed a 368-foot homer successful the 4th inning, had a fitting absorption to Schwarber's moonshot.
When you ticker Kyle Schwarber deed the longest HR successful Petco Park past 😮 pic.twitter.com/7SOMSZ3LlP
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) October 19, 2022