J.T. Realmuto and Kyle Schwarber homered early, while Aaron Nola was excellent on the mound as the Philadelphia Phillies easily defeated the Chicago Cubs to clinch the NL East title Monday night. It marks the first time that the Phillies have won the NL East since 2011.
The Phillies had already punched their ticket to the postseason Friday with a win over the New York Mets, but failed to lock down the NL East title Saturday or Sunday at Citi Field. They’ll now turn their focus to trying to earn one of the two first-round byes in the NL playoffs, but only after a night of celebrating (dancing on their own?