Arizona jumped on Nola early to hand the Phillies their first home loss of their playoff run and set up the first Game 7 in the franchise’s 141-year history.
Phillies starter Aaron Nola reacts after Diamondbacks left fielder Tommy Pham hits a first-inning solo home run for a 1-0 lead in Game 6.In a season, especially an October, marked by constant — almost eerie — callbacks to last year, everything seemed to be lined up Monday for another suds-and-stogies late-night rager in South Philly.to the mound. And Nola has this uncanny knack for starting games to wrap up postseason berths and playoff series.
OK, a few stats to settle the stomach: The Phillies lost at home on back-to-back days to the same opponent only six times all season. It hasn’t happened since Sept. 12-13 against the Braves. They’re 28-12 in the postseason at Citizens Bank Park since it hosted its first playoff game in 2007. In winning Game 6 — and turning 45,473 paying customers from boisterous to anxious — the Diamondbacks took the Phillies’ stars out of the game. Kelly pitched around Schwarber and Harper in the first inning and lived to tell about it. He walked Schwarber again in the third. Turner went 0-for-4; Castellanos finished 0-for-3 to deepen a 1-for-19 slump.And Nola, nasty in his previous three starts this month, reverted to the command troubles that plagued him throughout the season.
In starts against the Marlins, Braves, and in Game 2 against the Diamondbacks, Nola allowed a total of two earned runs. He gave up more than that in the second inning alone. It was a jarring sight. Nola has followed up solid starts by Wheeler, the two forming a duo that brought back
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