SAN DIEGO — It was hard to ask for a better start.
The Phillies scored four runs on five hits and made starter Blake Snell throw 38 pitches in the second. With Aaron Nola on the mound, you had to feel at least OK about the Phillies taking the first two games of the series on the road.
Maybe because the Phillies came into this game with a 6-1 record in the postseason with just about everyone contributing and nothing going horribly wrong, there was an expectation that playoff baseball could be relatively painless.
Through seven playoff games, the Phillies had won every single game in which they have had a lead in.