Watch: Indiana star Kyle Schwarber hits two solo home runs for Phillies in NLCS Game 2

For the second time in as many nights, Kyle Schwarber has joined in on the home run parade that has propelled the Philadelphia Phillies to the precipice of the World Series.

The former Indiana standout hit two home runs Tuesday night, both solo shots, to give the Phillies a 3-0 lead in Game 2 of the National League Championship Series. The first homer traveled 368 feet to right field while his second dinger went 427 feet to center field.

They were Schwarber’s second and third home runs of the series, as he connected on another bomb to right field in Philadelphia’s 5-3 game one victory Monday night. The homers were Schwarber’s first three of the 2023 postseason.

Schwarber’s home run Monday was the fourth leadoff homer of his postseason career, breaking a tie with Derek Jeter and Jimmy Rollins for the most in MLB history. His homers Tuesday gave him 18 for his postseason career, ranking him in a tie for seventh all-time and in a tie for first among left-handed batters.

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Schwarber’s first solo shot had an exit velocity of 117.1 miles per hour, tying it for the ninth-hardest-hit ball in the major leagues this season.

His homers on Tuesday were the Phillies’ 15th in their past four games, the most in a four-game stretch in MLB postseason history.

Schwarber hit just .160 with one RBI in wild card round and divisional series victories against the Miami Marlins and Atlanta Braves, respectively, but has gotten three hits, all of them home runs, in his first seven at-bats in the NLCS.

Now in his ninth season in the major leagues, Schwarber is a two-time All-Star who won the 2022 Silver Slugger after hitting a National League-best 46 home runs. This season, he hit a career-high 47 homers, placing him second among all MLB players.

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The Middletown, Ohio native played three seasons for Indiana from 2012-14. He was a two-time first-team All-American and three-time all-Big Ten honoree. By the time he was taken by the Chicago Cubs in the first round of the 2014 MLB Draft, making him the Hoosiers’ highest-ever selection, he was fifth in program history in slugging percentage (.607), sixth in home runs (40) and eighth in hits (238).