If this was Aaron Nola's last home start in red pinstripes, what a farewell it was. The veteran shut out Arizona while the Philly bats erupted for a 10-0 win in Game 2.
playoffs, in fact, delivered the playoff performance of a career on Tuesday night. In Game 2 of the National League Championship Series, the bushy-haired 30-year-old allowed just three hits across six scoreless innings while punching out sevenalong the way. In a contest that, despite the final margin, stayed close and tense for the first six innings, Nola kept his club firmly in control.
That's a lot of qualifiers, of course. But there's a legitimate chance Nola just made his 120th and final start at Citizens Bank Park with the Phillie. Only Cole Hamels, with whom Nola shared a locker room for just 10 days, has more in the ballpark's 20-year history. The past nine seasons have been a roller-coaster for Nola, who slogged through years of a soul-sucking rebuild in order to reach this raucous October promised land.
"I never had to babysit him. He never got emotionally bent out of shape," Manieri, 66, remembers."When you talk to him one on one you get a sense for the quiet confidence. It's not an act.Phillies mash three homers in 10-0 victory vs. D-backs
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