PHILADELPHIA – The Phillies had a chance Sunday to clinch the National League East. It evaporated as the late-season surge of Aaron Nola did.

Nola allowed six runs in six innings Sunday in what became a 10-3 loss to the Kansas City Royals. Coupled with the Mets’ extra-innings win over Texas – halting the Mets’ skid at six while the Phillies’ winning streak stopped at six – the Phillies’ magic number for the division remains at 1. It had been 13 entering the week and at five before each team started their weekend series.

With an 11-game lead entering Sunday, a 13th division title has become a matter of when, not if. But Nola’s postseason viability is less so. He bageled the Mets over six innings on Monday to kick off this nearly undefeated homestand, then retired the first nine Royals he

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