PHILADELPHIA — Kyle Schwarber slammed his bat to the dirt. He spiked his helmet. He turned to home-plate umpire Angel Hernandez and gestured with both arms in all directions.
It was eight innings of pent-up frustration boiling over.
The Phillies fought for every inch of home plate, dueling with Hernandez over a strike zone that ranged from inconsistent to incomprehensible. And when Hernandez called Schwarber out on strikes in the ninth inning, well, the mild-mannered Schwarber went berserk.
