SAN DIEGO — In the past three years, John Middleton committed more than half a billion dollars to three players. He got his money’s worth Tuesday night.
The Phillies beat the Padres, 2-0, in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series and almost everything that mattered came from the big-ticket players.
Kyle Schwarber, the $79 million clubhouse sheriff, launched a 488-foot missile into the second deck of Petco Park at 119.7 mph in the sixth.
