Chicago Cubs at Philadelphia Phillies

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Chicago Cubs

80-77, 38-41 Away

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Philadelphia Phillies

93-64, 53-26 Home

Schwarber and Realmuto homer as Phillies top Cubs 6-2 to clinch 1st NL East title since 2011

Phillies clinch NL East for the first time since 2011

Carlos Estévez retired Michael Busch on a flyball to end it, and the Phillies swarmed each other in excitement on the infield. The Phillie Phanatic stormed the celebration waving a 2024 flag as fans stood and filmed it all.

“I think a lot of guys were kind of looking around and seeing them get fired up and them get excited and being on their feet,” slugger Bryce Harper said. “Just really cool to see. Hopefully, we can do that a lot more.”

With a postseason berth already clinched last week, the Phillies won their 12th division championship — and have their sights set on the No. 1 seed and home-field advantage throughout the National League playoffs.

“We need to get the bye, that's pretty important to us. Really important to us,” manager Rob Thomson said. “Whether you're the division champion or not, I don't think that gives you any type of advantage. I think having home-field advantage and having a bye is going to help us quite a bit.”

Philadelphia won five straight NL East titles from 2007-11, then went 10 years without making the playoffs. A wild-card entry each of the past two postseasons, the Phillies put together consecutive October runs that ended in heartbreak.

They lost the World Series to Houston in 2022 and blew series leads of 2-0 and 3-2 in dropping the NL Championship Series to Arizona last season.

This marks the third time the Phillies have reached the postseason three years in a row (1976-78 and 2007-11). Philadelphia’s only World Series championships came in 1980 and 2008.

“We've just got to play Philly baseball and continue to play,” Harper said.

Nola (13-8) allowed two runs in six-plus innings. He walked off to a standing ovation when he was pulled for Matt Strahm.

Since 2022, Nola has started seven games in which the Phillies could either clinch a postseason berth, clinch a postseason series or clinch a division title. He has posted a 1.62 ERA with 46 strikeouts against seven walks in those outings.

Realmuto hit a two-run shot in the second and Schwarber added a solo homer in the third for a 3-0 lead. Schwarber's 37th of the season gave him 100 RBI. Nick Castellanos also had an RBI single in the third.

Schwarber is the third Phillies player since 1920 with 100 runs, 100 RBI and 100 walks in back-to-back seasons. Bobby Abreu (2004-05) and Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt (1976-77) are the others.

Cubs reliever Caleb Kilian (0-1) took the loss in a bullpen game.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Cubs: Claimed RHP Enoli Paredes off waivers from Milwaukee. Paredes, who turns 29 on Saturday, went 1-0 with a 1.74 ERA and one save in 17 relief appearances with the Brewers. He dealt with a right forearm issue earlier this season that caused him to spend more than two months on the injured list.

Phillies: OF Austin Hays could return ahead of Tuesday's game after a stint on the injured list with a kidney infection. ... RHP Spencer Turnbull pitched two innings Sunday in a rehab appearance with Triple-A Lehigh Valley.

The Cubs send LHP Justin Steele (5-5, 3.03 ERA) to the mound. The Phillies had not announced a starter for Tuesday's game.

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Matchup Prediction

Phillies: 64.7%

Cubs: 35.3%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Busch flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Tauchman walked.
	9th Inning	Mastrobuoni struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Bethancourt safe at first on fielding error by left fielder Marsh, Bethancourt safe at second on error.
	9th Inning	Crow-Armstrong grounded out to pitcher.
	9th Inning	Estévez relieved Hoffman

Statistics

CHC		PHI
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
13	Ground Balls	15
10	Strikeouts	4
2	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	2
7	Hits	11
0	Stolen Bases	1
4	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	6
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
34	At Bats	31
0	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
21	Runners Left On Base	20
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	2
11	Fly Balls	14
1	Caught Stealing	0
152	Pitches	126
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
10	Total Bases	19
38	Plate Appearances	38
0.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
3	Extra Base Hits	4
2.7	Runs Created	8.0
.206	Batting Average	.355
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.294	Slugging Percentage	.613
.176	Secondary Average	.452
.289	On Base Percentage	.444
.584	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.057
1.2	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.1
2.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	9.4
21.0	Batter Rating	42.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	15.5
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.00	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.32
.088	Isolated Power	.258
0.40	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.25
.105	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.132
-.029	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.097
4.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.7
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.7
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
71.5	MLB Rating	95.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0