Philadelphia Phillies’ Kyle Schwarber hits a home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins at the Field of Dreams movie site, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026, in Dyersville, Iowa. (AP Photo\/Charlie Neibergall)<\/small><\/p>\n
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DYERSVILLE, Iowa (AP) \u2014 Kyle Schwarber grew up in Middletown, Ohio, played college ball at Indiana and spent his first six major league seasons with the Chicago Cubs.<\/p>\n
The 33-year-old Philadelphia Phillies slugger added another thoroughly Midwestern highlight<\/a><\/span> to his well-decorated career Thursday night, hitting two home runs into an Iowa cornfield<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n Schwarber led off the Field of Dreams game with a homer and then connected for a two-run shot in the fourth inning to spark the Phillies in a 7-1 victory<\/a><\/span> over the Minnesota Twins.<\/p>\n \u201cWe all watched the movie as kids, so it was really cool to be able to see exactly where it was and just kind of the full ceremony of it, too,\u201d said Schwarber, who leads the major leagues<\/a><\/span> with 37 home runs. \u201cJust an unbelievable experience.\u201d<\/p>\n After helping the Cubs win the World Series in 2016, making the postseason 10 times in his first 11 years and being selected to four All-Star teams, Schwarber has been building quite the resume. With 377 career home runs and counting, perhaps he\u2019ll one day join the club in Cooperstown like the 26 members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame who took part in the pregame pomp at the newly constructed ballpark.<\/p>\n For now, Schwarber has an unforgettable night to share with his family forever. His two children are too young to watch or understand the movie now, but he can\u2019t wait to watch the 1989 film with them down the road.<\/p>\n \u201cYou might not ever get to play another big league baseball game here, so to be able to have that experience, it\u2019s a unique thing for you and it\u2019s something you\u2019re going to bring up to your kids,\u201d Schwarber said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to watch that movie together with my kids one day and be able to say, \u2018Hey, dad got to play there,\u2019 or, \u2018See that house in this movie? I got to see it.\u2019 So it\u2019ll be really cool.\u201d<\/p>\n Twins right fielder Luke Keaschall, who homered in the loss, nearly caught Schwarber\u2019s second home run above the wall, but the ball glanced off his glove and into the dark green sea of corn.<\/p>\n