By BETH HARRIS, AP Sports activities Author
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Aaron Nola and the Philadelphia Phillies have been rolling alongside this postseason.
The precise-hander had a giant lead Wednesday towards the Padres — after which he allow them to proper again within the NL Championship Collection.
His older brother was proper in the course of it, too.
San Diego catcher Austin Nola hit an RBI single in a five-run fifth inning and the Padres rallied for an 8-5 victory that tied the NLCS at one recreation apiece.
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Aaron Nola made his playoff debut this yr and went 2-0 with out permitting an earned run in 12 2/3 innings as Philadelphia swept the NL wild-card spherical towards St. Louis and upset defending World Collection champion Atlanta within the Division Collection.
The stunning Phillies got here to San Diego and blanked the Padres 2-0 within the NLCS opener Tuesday behind starter Zack Wheeler and residential runs from sluggers Bryce Harper and Kyle Schwarber — bettering to 6-1 of their first postseason since 2011.
However then Philadelphia squandered a great opportunity to go dwelling main 2-0 within the best-of-seven sequence.
Cruising with a 4-0 lead, the 29-year-old Nola gave up back-to-back solo homers to Brandon Drury and Josh Bell within the second inning.
“I shut the door for the following two innings they usually obtained me within the fifth,” Aaron Nola mentioned. “They have been hitting the fastball fairly nicely, a few missed places.”
San Diego scored 4 extra instances off Nola whereas taking a 7-4 lead within the fifth and by no means let up.
“It occurs. His stuff was nonetheless good,” teammate Rhys Hoskins mentioned. “I’m certain he’s pissed off with how issues turned out, however that doesn’t make us lose any confidence in him going ahead, for certain.”
Including insult to damage was Austin Nola. After Aaron retired him on a grounder within the second, 32-year-old Austin singled dwelling a run within the fifth that drew the Padres to 4-3.
“He pitched his butt off. I assumed he did a superb job,” Austin Nola mentioned. “We simply put collectively good at-bats on him. That’s what you’ve obtained to do with him.”
Jurickson Profar adopted with a single and Juan Soto doubled. Aaron Nola obtained pulled after placing out Manny Machado, one in every of his six punch-outs within the recreation.
He gave up six runs and 7 hits in 4 2/3 innings, taking the loss.
“He has been incredible. I don’t assume this bump goes to sluggish him down,” mentioned Schwarber, who went 0 for 3 with an RBI and a stroll. ”We weren’t in a position to choose him up.”
The Nola brothers turned the primary siblings to face one another as pitcher and hitter within the postseason, and simply the sixth set of brothers to play towards one another within the playoffs.
Aaron had made 203 begins — most ever by a Phillies pitcher whose whole profession was spent with the group — earlier than making his postseason debut earlier this month towards the Cardinals.
The sequence shifts to Philadelphia for 3 video games beginning Friday.
“It’s at all times good when you may go on the street and you may cut up,” Schwarber mentioned. “We took away the home-field benefit a part of it.”
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