"It's hard to maintain that level of player excellence at the plate, especially for a first-year guy, for that long," Maddon said. "What I saw tonight was the walk. The moment he walked, I said, 'When you're walking, you're hitting.'
"He needed to accept the walk right there and just calm his feet down. He's been real jumpy at the plate and when you do that, you get away from your hands. I thought the walk helped him a lot."
Schwarber agreed. He had struck out in the first, then drew the walk in the fourth and singled in the sixth before launching his 13th home run of the season in the seventh.