Philadelphia seal division title

Phillies closer Brad Lidge (right) sealed the victory for Philadelphia

Philadelphia Phillies secured the National League East title on the penultimate day of the 162-game Major League Baseball regular season.

A 4-3 home win over Washington Nationals on Saturday sealed top spot.

Two play-off issues will be decided in Sunday's final matches - with Minnesota Twins and Chicago White Sox battling for the American League Central title.

Milwaukee Brewers and New York Mets, who have identical records, are locked together for the NL wild card place.

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The Mets host Florida Marlins in what was expected to be the final regular season game at Shea Stadium - while the Brewers, who sacked manager Ned Yost with just 12 games of the season left, are at home to NL Central champions Chicago Cubs.

If the Mets and Brewers both win or both lose, they will play a one-off tiebreaker - game 163 - at Shea Stadium on Monday.

Venues for such games are decided by a coin toss.

PLAY-OFF QUALIFIERS AL East: Tampa Bay AL Central: Minnesota or Chicago White Sox AL West: LA Angels AL wild card: Boston NL East: Philadelphia NL Central: Chicago Cubs NL West: LA Dodgers NL wild card: Milwaukee or NY Mets (confirmed teams in bold)

In the AL Central, Minnesota are half a game ahead of the White Sox, who have played a game fewer because of an earlier postponed game against Detroit Tigers.

If the Twins beat Kansas City and Chicago lose to Cleveland on Sunday, Minnesota will be divisional champions.

But if the White Sox win on Sunday, they will host Detroit in a makeup game on Monday. If they are still level with Minnesota after Monday, there will be a tiebreaker game in Chicago on Tuesday.

The guaranteed play-off teams are Tampa Bay Rays (AL East), Los Angeles Angels at Anaheim (AL West), Boston Red Sox (AL wild card), Philadelphia Phillies (NL East), Chicago Cubs (NL Central) and Los Angeles Dodgers (NL West).