The Phillies have clinched a first-round bye and will enter the playoffs as no worse than the National League's No. 2 seed.

Behind a franchise-record eight homers, including three from Edmundo Sosa and two by Kyle Schwarber, the Phillies clinched a coveted bye.

The magic number to clinch a first round bye is 1. Will this be the game that the Phillies make it happen? Here are the lineups, let’s discuss. For the Phillies: For the Marlins:

A team's magic number represents the combination of wins needed by that team and losses by its closest competitor to clinch a given goal. Every time a team wins, its magic number decreases by one. Similarly, every time that team's closest competitor for the division (or Wild Card) loses, the magic number also decreases by one.

The Philadelphia Phillies enter the home stretch of their playoff run with only one game remaining before they clinch the first-round bye they desperately need.