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NL East Champions: Braves clinch division, beat Cubs
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Atlanta Braves players and coaches celebrate after the Braves defeated the Chicago Cubs 5-2 on Sunday in Chicago. The Braves clinched the NL East as the Washington Nationals lost to the Florida Marlins. - photo by Nam Y. Huh | Associated Press
CHICAGO — The title was right there, across the front of the soaked gray T-shirts that each of the Atlanta Braves wore. "WE OWN THE EAST," it read. The Braves wrapped up the NL East crown, and then rode two homers by Andrelton Simmons to a 5-2 victory over the Chicago Cubs that touched off a wild party in the cramped visitors' clubhouse at Wrigley Field.
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