With two home runs last night, Kyle Schwarber has hit 15 in his last 17 games, which, as the Washington Nationals mentioned on Twitter last night, makes him one of only three players in MLB history to go on such a prolific home run streak, along with Barry Bonds (2001) and Sammy Sosa (1998).
Another, more D.C.-centric achievement by Schwarber? Over his last nine games, he’s hit 11 out, tying one-time Senators’ slugger Frank Howard for the most homers over a nine-game stretch in MLB history. Howard hit 11 over nine games between May 10th and 18th in 1968.