For the second straight year, the Philadelphia Phillies are NL East champions. The Phillies, who secured a playoff spot on Sunday, clinched the division title with a win Monday over the Los Angeles Dodgers ( PHI 5, LAD 4). This is the first time the Phillies have won back-to-back NL East titles since winning five straight from 2007-11.

As recently as Aug. 27, the Phillies had a narrow four-game lead in the division that was really three games because the Mets won the season series and held the tiebreaker. Since that date, the Phillies are an NL-best 13-4 while the Mets have gone 5-12. For all intents and purposes, Philadelphia clinched the division with a four-game sweep of the Mets at Citizens Bank Park last week.

They got the win on Monday in 10 innings, as J.T. Realmuto's

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