{"id":230857,"date":"2025-09-16T07:59:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T07:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/230857\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T07:59:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T07:59:11","slug":"philadelphia-phillies-clinch-nl-east-title-for-second-straight-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/230857\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia Phillies clinch NL East title for second straight year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/baseball\/mlb\/summary\/2719812\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:a 6-5 extra-winnings win;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">a 6-5 extra-winnings win<\/a> over the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/baseball\/mlb\/teams\/los-angeles-dodgers\/243\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Los Angeles Dodgers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> on Monday, Sept. 15, the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/baseball\/mlb\/teams\/philadelphia-phillies\/246\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Philadelphia Phillies;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Philadelphia Phillies<\/a> have secured their second consecutive National League East title.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/baseball\/mlb\/teams\/philadelphia-phillies\/246\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Phillies;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Phillies<\/a> clinched a playoff berth on Sunday, Sept. 14. This is the third consecutive season that the Phillies will have 90 or more wins.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The Phillies went on a hot streak to secure the NL title, winning eight of their last 10 games, including a four-game home sweep of the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/baseball\/mlb\/teams\/new-york-mets\/245\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:New York Mets;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">New York Mets<\/a> at Citizens Bank Park on Sept. 8-11.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the Phillies also have a chance to catch the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/baseball\/mlb\/teams\/milwaukee-brewers\/232\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Milwaukee Brewers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Milwaukee Brewers<\/a> for the best record in the National League, which would secure home-field advantage through the NLCS, and potentially the World Series as well.<\/p>\n<p>Right now, Philly sits 1 1\/2 games behind Milwaukee with 11 games left to play.<\/p>\n<p>What is the Phillies magic number to clinch a first-round bye?<\/p>\n<p>Since 2022, the MLB playoffs have consisted of six teams, with the top two seeds in each league earning first-round byes. The Phillies currently are in position to earn a first-round bye, but will need to outlast the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/baseball\/mlb\/teams\/los-angeles-dodgers\/243\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Los Angeles Dodgers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a>. Here is their magic number to clinch a first-round bye:<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Phillies remaining schedule<\/p>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li\/>\n<li>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Sept. 19-21:<\/strong> at Arizona Diamondbacks<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Sept. 23-25:<\/strong> vs. Miami Marlins<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Sept. 26-28:<\/strong> vs. Minnesota Twins<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>NIGHTENGALE: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/darryl-kiles-family-carries-legacy-100516787.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:How Darryl Kile&#039;s family carries on his legacy decades after shocking death;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">How Darryl Kile&#8217;s family carries on his legacy decades after shocking death<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When do the MLB playoffs begin?<\/p>\n<p>The MLB playoffs begin with the wild-card round on Tuesday, Sept. 30. Should the Phillies earn a first-round bye, they will not have their first playoff game until Saturday, Oct. 4.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/mlb\/phillies\/2025\/09\/16\/phillies-clinch-2025-nl-east-title\/86171291007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Philadelphia Phillies clinch NL East with win over Los Angeles Dodgers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Philadelphia Phillies clinch NL East with win over Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With a 6-5 extra-winnings win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday, Sept. 15, the Philadelphia Phillies have&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":230858,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5132],"tags":[5229,1279,53856,2502,1286,4247,1287,61637,592,1305,1448,2830,1311,2083,121513,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-230857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-america","tag-arizona-diamondbacks","tag-citizens-bank-park","tag-los-angeles-dodgers","tag-miami-marlins","tag-milwaukee-brewers","tag-minnesota-twins","tag-mlb-playoffs","tag-national-league","tag-new-york-mets","tag-pa","tag-pennsylvania","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-phillies","tag-playoff-berth","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115212921400031814","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230857\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}