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Christmas in June-ly: Kyle Schwarber homers twice as Phillies clobber Nats

Final Score: Phillies 11, Nationals 0

The calendar flipped to July late last week, but you wouldn’t know that from watching Kyle Schwarber Tuesday evening at Citizens Bank Park.

Schwarber — who has won National League Player of the Month for June in back-to-back years — led off with a home run to dead center field in the bottom of the first inning:

An All-Star for the Washington Nationals last season, Schwarber homered for a second time against his former team Tuesday in the bottom of the third inning.