Let’s just get the miserable truth out of the way first. Aaron Nola was really good tonight. Really, really good. He kept a no-hitter going through six and 2⁄3 innings, and his offense supported him the whole way. This was a very bad game for the Tigers.
But not as bad as it could have been! Nick Maton broke up the no-hitter with a three run home run in the top of the seventh to keep the Tigers from getting no-hit and shut out. Yay Nick.
Since we don’t need to get bogged down in the ugly first part of the game, I’ll just show you how the Phillies managed to have a 5-run lead going into the seventh.