LOS ANGELES -- The Phillies partied hard on Monday night, rightfully and enthusiastically celebrating their second consecutive NL East title .

In seasons past, many of the Phils’ everyday players followed the clincher with a day off. It meant guys like Darick Hall, Nick Maton, Dalton Guthrie, Cristian Pache, Jake Cave, Rodolfo Castro and Garrett Stubbs started. But there were most of the Phillies’ regulars in Tuesday night’s lineup at Dodger Stadium: big boppers like Bryce Harper and Kyle Schwarber and other notables like Harrison Bader, Brandon Marsh, Max Kepler and Bryson Stott. If Trea Turner and Alec Bohm were healthy, they might have been in the lineup, too.

They wanted to see Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani as a pitcher -- many for the first time -- because they could see him aga

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