Lars Nootbaar led off the bottom of the first inning with a drilled single on an Aaron Nola fastball that sent the largest postseason crowd in this stadium’s history into a frenzy of whipping rally towels. Stranded.
With one out in the bottom of the third, Tommy Edman, who so rarely walks, fought back from a 1-2 count to walk on a seven-pitch grudge match against Nola. Stranded.
Juan Yepez, after fouling off not one, not two, but three different Nola pitches — changeup, sinker, curveball — smacked the second sinker he saw in an 0-2 count to lead off the bottom of the fifth with a single to left field.