Chicago Cubs: Kyle Schwarber leads the way in October again

The Chicago Cubs are watching the postseason from home for the second year in a row. A lot of their former great players are in the playoffs but few are having the impact that Kyle Schwarber is for the Philadelphia Phillies.

He has been incredible with them as he is playing in a Championship Series for the second year in a row (made it to the ALCS with the Boston Red Sox in 2021). It has certainly been a nice run for him since leaving town.

There is no doubt that the National League home run leader is one of those championship-type players that every team in the league needs. Once again, he is coming up with big hits in the biggest possible moments for his team.

With the NLCS against the San Diego Padres tied at one game apiece, this game three was really important. Schwarber doesn’t shrink under pressure though so he hit a leadoff home run in the first inning to give the Phillies a 1-0 lead early.

Kyle Schwarber led the Philadelphia Phillies to a huge win on Friday night.

This was an amazing leadoff at-bat for the Phillies to lead off with because he worked the count full after five pitches before smashing the sixth ne into the stands. A 1-0 lead and a rattled pitcher pushing ten pitches before an out was recorded certainly helped.

Schwarber added another hit later in the game to make himself 2-4 with an RBI and a run scored. He set the tone in the first at-bat that his team had. Honestly, with some of the other big hitters in that lineup, he is the perfect leadoff man.

The Phillies won the game by a final score of 4-2 and lead the series 2-1. They still have a long way to go before they are in the World Series but they are in a good spot as of right now.

Game four of this NLCS will have Mike Clevinger on the mound for the Padres and Bailey Falter in on the Phillies’ bump.

The Cubs know all too well how good he can be in the playoffs. There is no bad blood between him and the Cubs but he probably wanted to stay. Call it what you want but he ended up leaving and now he is a Phillie wearing red. Winning the World Series would be better than revenge.