The Philadelphia Phillies are running away with the National League East and they appear to be days away from clinching the division title. It looked like the Phillies might be engaged in a tough battle with the New York Mets, but their long-time rivals have gone into a deep slump and the Phillies have an 11-game lead in the race with slightly more than two weeks to go in the regular season. Expand Tweet
The Phillies have been riding the hot bat of designated hitter Kyle Schwarber throughout the season. Schwarber has been a dominant home run hitting machine and Phillies fans cheer wildly every time he comes to the plate at Citizens Bank Ballpark.
The slugger has bashed a league-leading 50 home runs and has driven in 123 runs with 306 total bases while slashing .242/.367/.560. He ha