After 7 months, Nola looks sharp on mound

Aaron Nola threw two scoreless innings vs. Toronto on Thursday. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press)DUNEDIN, Fla. -- It had been 218 days since Phillies right-hander Aaron Nola last pitched to a big leaguer in a game.

Had it been only seven months?

"It felt like forever," Nola said Thursday afternoon, after he pitched two scoreless innings in a Grapefruit League game against the Blue Jays at Florida Auto Exchange Stadium. "I didn't really know how long it was until I counted."

Nola, 23, had not pitched since July 28 because of a low-grade sprain of his UCL and a low-grade strain of his flexor pronator tendon in his right elbow. But after a setback-free rehab in the offseason, he returned to the…