The Phillies’ best single-game performance of 2025 is blatantly obvious

It's that time of year when we take a moment to look back at all that's happened over the last 12 months. For Philadelphia Phillies fans, thinking back to all that happened during the 2025 season might cause some heartache, but there were plenty of good times before the inevitable end of the season in the NLDS.

As fans, we all have our favorite plays and moments that were woven into the story of the season. Some were big, loud, and spectacular moments. Others were smaller that easily could have flown under the radar.

But one thing is for sure, fans can all agree on the Phillies' best single-game performance from the 2025 season. It should be pretty obvious, although there are multiple contenders for the honor.

There were multiple Phillies walk-off heroes this year. There was Zack Wheeler's near-perfect game against the Cincinnati Reds. There was Edmundo Sosa who became the first Phillies shortstop with a three-homer game to lead the eight-home run barrage against the Miami Marlins.

Kyle Schwarber's four-home run game was easily the Phillies’ best single-game performance in 2025

But one player had a single-game performance for the ages that will go down in Phillies lore. In the year of Kyle Schwarber, he put on an electric one-man show when he hit four home runs in one game against the Atlanta Braves.

It will be difficult for fans to forget Schwarber's epic feat on Aug. 28, when he became just the 21st player in MLB history to hit four longballs a single game. It was a party at Citizens Bank Park on that late August Thursday night as the Phillies cruised to a 19-4 thrashing of the rival Braves.

Schwarber went 4-for-6 in the rout, setting a franchise record with nine RBIs on a night that he made his acting debut with a post-game cameo for an episode of Abbott Elementary.

Here's how it happened.

The Phillies went down early. Starter Aaron Nola gave up three runs in the top of the first and the evening looked doomed. But Schwarber, as he did so often in 2025, hoisted his team on his back and got the Phillies on the board with a massive 450-foot solo home run in the bottom of the inning.

After flying out in the second, the Phillies were up 8-3 in the fourth when Schwarber hit a two-run shot for his 47th of the season. The following inning, he hit a three-run home run to put the Phils up 15-3. Then in the seventh, he hit another three-run bomb to extend the lead to 18-4.

Amazingly, Schwarber got one more chance in the eighth for his fifth round-tripper of the night. Nobody had ever hit five homers in a single game and Schwarber became only the fourth player from the exclusive four-homer club to get another plate appearance with a chance for his fifth, per MLB.com's Paul Casella.

"I shouldn't have even asked the question, but I was in the cage and I was like, 'How many guys have hit five?'" Schwarber said about the chance to hit five, per Casella. "And nobody said anything, so I was like, 'Oh, OK, well that answers the question.'"

Unfortunately, he couldn't deliver, instead popping out to left field.

Regardless, it was one of the most incredible single-game performances most of us have seen, especially in recent memory. Schwarber's four-home run night will forever be etched in Phillies history, and in our minds.

He joined some elite Phillies company, matching Ed Delahanty (July 13, 1896), Chuck Klein (July 10, 1946) and Mike Schmidt (April 17, 1976) as the only Phillies to have a four-home run game.

“It was pretty cool to go out there and do that,” Schwarber said after the game, per Casella.

Yes, yes it was.