CLEVELAND — Kyle Schwarber LOVES hitting in Cleveland.
It's like he morphs into a superhero just by stepping foot into the left-handed batter's box at Progressive Field.
Playing in Cleveland for the first time since his legendary return to the field in the 2016 World Series, Schwarber went absolutely bonkers on a Josh Tomlin pitch in the second inning Tuesday night:
That wasn't just any homer, however.
The 117.1 mph dinger was the hardest-hit ball by any Cubs hitter in the era of exit velocity, aka since Statcast was invented in 2015:
Schwarber followed that up with another solo blast into the right-field bleachers in the fourth inning off Tomlin.
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Schwarber — an Ohio native — collected his first MLB hit at Progressive Field back on June 17, 2015 in his second career game. He went 6-for-9 in that series with a triple, homer and 4 RBI.
Couple that with his World Series totals and the first two times up Tuesday and Schwarber has hit .500 with a .545 on-base percentage and .900 slugging percentage in his first 33 trips to the plate in Cleveland.