Overview
- J.T. Realmuto lifted a sacrifice fly in the 10th after a double steal by Harrison Bader and Bryce Harper, and David Robertson stranded the bases loaded to seal the 6-5 victory at Dodger Stadium.
- Bryce Harper hit a go-ahead homer in the eighth, Kyle Schwarber launched his 53rd of the season to open the scoring, and Weston Wilson added a two-run shot as Andy Pages forced extras with a ninth-inning blast off Jhoan Duran.
- It is Philadelphia’s second straight division crown and the earliest clinch in franchise history, achieved in Game 151 during the team’s third consecutive 90-win season.
- The Phillies had already secured a postseason berth on Sunday via a San Francisco Giants loss before eliminating the idle Mets from the division race with Monday’s win.
- Philadelphia’s magic number for a top-two NL seed is seven, a pursuit underscored by injuries that include Zack Wheeler’s season-ending surgery on Sept. 23 and IL stints for Trea Turner and Alec Bohm.