ICYMI: Philadelphia Phillies All-Star Kyle Schwarber wins free tacos for everyone

Philadelphia Phillies All-Star Kyle Schwarber just won everyone free tacos. During the Phillies' 5-2 win over the Houston Astros, Schwarber became the consensus favorite baseball player of all fans as he stole the first base in the World Series that triggered the famous Steal a Base, Steal a Taco promotion of Tex-Mex fast-food chain Taco Bell.

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"Kyle Schwarber has averaged 3 stolen bases a season over his eight-year big league career, and he said before the game that he was going to swipe the bag that won America free tacos. That is just legendary." - @ Jared Carrabis

Schwarber got to first base on an infield single in the seventh inning off Houston Astros reliever Bryan Abreu.

The 29-year-old then sprinted to second base despite his nagging knee injury to win America's hearts and win them free tacos.

Kyle Schwarber's postseason stats

Schwarber has struggled this postseason.

With his limited sample size, the Phillies All-Star is a career .243 batter with 12 home runs and 23 RBIs in the postseason. It dips further when observing his 2022 stats wherein he is batting just .214/.386/.815 with three home runs and six RBIs.

He has been a boom-or-bust player this postseason, but his ability to reach base is what's most valuable to the high octane Phillies offense against a prolific Houston Astros pitching staff.

About the author

Daniel Santiago is a journalist who has been reporting on baseball at Sportskeeda since 2022. He was drawn towards the sport after the underlying statistics and the analysis surrounding it grabbed his attention.

Daniel particularly enjoys furnishing reports about historic events in baseball and analyzing the game through a statistic-based outlook, based on Fangraphs and Baseball-Reference. This is in line with how he enjoyed watching baseball as a pastime. As a writer, he is very particular about cross-checking from reputable sources and doing his due diligence.

He became a lifelong Hideki Matsui fan after his exploits in the 2009 World Series for the New York Yankees. Among the current generation, Daniel's favorites include Shohei Ohtani and Jung Hoo Lee. Daniel is a huge follower of Asian baseball and both Ohtani and Lee have been in the top echelon of their respective leagues during their time with the NPB and KBO.

His favorite moment as a baseball fan was the final at-bat of the 2023 World Baseball Classic between Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout. He believes there aren't many words to fittingly describe the intensity of the moment.

As an avid sports fan, Daniel watches other sports and Esports when not writing about baseball.

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Edited by Sankalp Srivastava