Kyle Schwarber may indeed be the best leadoff hitter in baseball right now. Since being inserted as the Washington Nationals’ leadoff hitter on June 12, Schwarber hitting a home run is just as much a guarantee as death and taxes.
Monday, facing the New York Mets, Schwarber crushed his sixth leadoff home run in 17 games at the top of the Nats’ lineup. This was a no-doubter sailing 439 feet into the third deck of Nationals Park.
This is Kyle Schwarber's 14th HR this month @MLB | #NATITUDE pic.twitter.com/FCHvhzHLQl
— FanSided (@FanSided) June 28, 2021
The blast was Schwarber’s 14th homer in the month of June. He now owns the Nationals franchise record for most home runs in a month, surpassing Bryce Harper’s 13 in May 2015. Schwarber didn’t hit his first homer until June 13.
Kyle Schwarber has hit 14 HR this month.
— Washington Nationals (@Nationals) June 28, 2021
That's more HR than any Washington National has hit in any month.
Ever.@kschwarb12 // #NATITUDE pic.twitter.com/GhSs6qMo2t
Ok, so Schwarber:
— Dan Kolko (@masnKolko) June 28, 2021
-Now has the most HR by any Nats player in any month in team history, with 14
-Now has 6 leadoff homers in 17 games in the leadoff spot
-Now has 14 total homers in his last 17 games
That’s all very good. #analysis
Schwarber is now 9-of-17 with six home runs as a leadoff hitter this season. That’s .529 batting average with a 2.118 OPS, incredible! He has proven to be the spark the Nationals needed. The Nats have won 11 of their last 14 games. Washington enters Monday with four games back of the Mets for first place in the NL East.
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