Aaron Nola • Philadelphia Phillies
Aaron Nola allowed five hits and three runs with one walk and three strikeouts across six innings in a loss against the Giants on Wednesday.
Stop me if you’ve heard this before: a mistake by Nola during his third time through the order destroyed what was shaping up to be an excellent start. He hadn’t allowed a run through five and faced very little trouble in general. Then, Rafael Devers came to the plate with two out and two on in the sixth. Nola threw him a fastball right down the middle that was practically on a tee and Devers launched it 411 feet to straight away center field. Coming out of this one with a quality start is a fine consolation prize, but this is a tale as old as time with Nola. His next start is scheduled to come at home against the Cubs.