Aaron Nola is headed to the All-Star Game next week. Trevor Richards is likely spending the break at his home in the small southern Illinois farming community of Aviston.
The two pitchers took different paths to the majors, with Nola going in the first round of the draft and Richards going undrafted and working his way up from the obscurity of an independent league team.
On Saturday, they shared the same mound at Marlins Park, and it was Richards who emerged on top.
Richards turned in six shutout innings as the Marlins handed the Phillies a 2-0 loss to even their series.