All Phillies slugger [PERSON_NAME] could do was smile as he surveyed the situation while heading to the plate Sunday in the bottom of the ninth inning with the score tied against the St. Louis Cardinals. The Phillies had pieced together an unlikely rally from a four-run deficit in the home half of the ninth, and Schwarber was stepping in against Cardinals closer [PERSON_NAME].

Schwarber then did his part. "Then when the ball came off the bat, I stood there and watched. It was a little bit of a shock that we were able to do that in that fashion," Schwarber said of his major-league-leading 39th homer that gave the Phillies a 6-4 win. "But that's why you keep playing. That's why you play all the outs. Never give up, and keep fighting until the end."

The slugger fought to a 2-2 count, then took a swing that even he couldn't downplay. "It was awesome," he said with a shrug. "Just a little bit of disbelief." His homer traveled an estimated 459 feet over the Citizens Bank Park batter's eye as the Phillies won their ninth straight. It was the Phillies' first walk-off home run since Schwarber accomplished the feat July 9, 2023, against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

It was the first Phillies win when trailing by four or more runs with two outs in the ninth inning since April 13, 1983, against the Mets. "We're a winning team," [PERSON_NAME] said. "We're the Phillies. I can say we're really surprised, but when we're late in the game, we never stop fighting."