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Jimmy Rollins took a seat on the bench. So did Chase Utley. Ryan Howard was reduced to a cameo appearance.

May as well sit back and enjoy the NL East title for at least a day.

Lou Marson and Matt Stairs hit back-to-back homers for Philadelphia and the NL East champion Phillies rested their regulars in an 8-3 win over the Washington Nationals on Sunday.

The Phillies will open the best-of-five division series at home Wednesday against Milwaukee. The Phillies went 5-1 against the Brewers this season.

"We're going to match up fine as long as we don't see CC every turn," Manuel said.

While the Phillies stars rested on the final day, Milwaukee turned to ace CC ...

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