PHILADELPHIA — Kyle Schwarber chugged, like a choo-choo train, up the third base line and dove headfirst across home plate, making sure to touch it with his right hand.

And then, he stayed there, prone, arms above his head.

Freeze that.

After weeks of winning low-scoring games because of otherworldly starting pitching and a sturdy bullpen, the Phillies were in a slugfest Friday night. But instead of deciding it with a swing, Schwarber did so with his legs.

Go figure.

With the game tied and the bases loaded in the seventh inning, Schwarber tagged from third on a medium-depth fly ball and beat the throw for the go-ahead run in an 8-6 victory over the White Sox in sold-out Citizens Bank Park.

It was the Phillies’ highest-scoring game since May 15. They even beat a left-handed starting pitcher, tagging Anthony Kay for five second-inning runs after scoring only six runs in their previous six games against lefty starters.

The Phillies won their fourth consecutive game and for the eighth time in 11 games. They improved to 25-10 under interim manager Don Mattingly and remained in possession of a wild-card spot in the National League after a 9-19 start.

And in their loudest offensive outburst in weeks, the big hits came from multiple sources.

Brandon Marsh tied the game with a two-run homer in the second inning, the first time he took a lefty starter deep since July 16, 2022 … when he was still with the Angels.

Alec Bohm pulled a ball in the air to left field — much to the surprise of the White Sox, who were playing him to go the other way — for a two-run double to cap the scoring in the big second inning.

Adolis García followed his slump-interrupting homer Thursday against the Padres by going deep in the fourth inning — and flipping his bat again, too.

The Phillies led 5-2 and 6-3, unusual run support for a team that entered the weekend averaging only 3.9 runs per game. It even enabled Jesús Luzardo to leave with a lead after six innings despite tying a career-high by allowing three home runs, all solo shots.

Randal Grichuk took Luzardo deep on a 96-mph fastball in the third inning and a change-up in the fifth. Derek Hill led off the sixth inning by hitting a change-up out to left field.

It marked the first time since Aug. 16, 2023, with the Marlins that Luzardo gave up three homers in a game. It also shaved the Phillies’ edge to 6-5 and narrowed the bullpen’s margin for error.

Jonathan Bowlan inherited that lead in the seventh and promptly threw wide of first base on Chase Meidroth’s tapper back to the mound. Two batters later, Colson Montgomery broke his bat on a bloop single to tie the game.

But the Phillies loaded the bases in the seventh on a single by Schwarber, a Trea Turner walk and a single by Bryce Harper against White Sox lefty reliever Bryan Hudson. With the infield in, Bohm scorched a line drive right at first baseman Miguel Vargas.

Up stepped Edmundo Sosa, who hit a sinking line drive to left field. Andrew Benintendi caught it, came up throwing, and made a strong throw to the plate.

But Schwarber beat it, and the Phillies had the lead again in the offensive outburst that they sorely needed.

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