Schwarber enters the second half of the season with 30 home runs and 69 RBIs for NL East-leading Philadelphia.

The Philadelphia Phillies slugger took two pitches — a ball and then a strike — before teeing up a 366-foot "Schwarbomb" to right-center field in the bottom of the first inning Friday night against the Los Angeles Angels.

Kyle Schwarber went 3 for 3 in the first All-Star Game home run swing-off to put the National League ahead 4-3 following a 6-6 tie in which the American League rallied from a six-run deficit.

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Kyle Schwarber put on a thrilling performance at the All-Star Game Tuesday night while taking home MVP honors. The Philadelphia

The National League prevailed 4-3 in a swing-off (think of it as similar to a shoot-out in hockey or soccer) after a 6-6 tie Tuesday night in which it wasted a six-run, seventh-inning lead.

The former Red Sox slugger homered in all three of his swings, winning game MVP honors and saving the NL after it squandered a six-run lead.

After winning the World Series in 2008, and getting back to there the next season, former Phillies GM Ruben Amaro traded for Roy Halladay, Roy Oswalt, Hunter Pence, signed Cliff Lee as a free agent to go along with a star-studded lineup.