Kyle Schwarber of the Phillies led off the bottom of the first inning against the Rays with a home run, his fourteenth lead-off dinger of the season. That sets a new record:

In the bottom of the first inning, Schwarber sent a 1-0 fastball from Rays starter Taj Bradley 437 feet to center field, moving ahead of Alfonso Soriano, who had 13 leadoff homers in 2003 with the New York Yankees.

Schwarber’s 35th homer of the season was the 45th leadoff homer of his career, with 32 coming since joining the Phillies in 2022.

Schwarber walked to lead off the bottom of the third inning and appeared to injure his elbow diving back into first base on a pickoff attempt by Tampa Bay catcher Logan Driscoll.

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Putting a slugger in the lead-off slot worked out well for the Phillies, who rank third in the majors in runs per game since 2022 at 4.80.