PHILADELPHIA — Since the trade of Cole Hamels midway through the 2015 season, the Philadelphia Phillies’ pitching staff has lacked a true ace, a lockdown starter who could be depended on every time through the rotation to give his team a real chance at a victory.
Finally, it looks like one of the club’s promising young arms is starting to earn that title.
Aaron Nola will be trying to run his streak of more-than-solid outings to four in a row when he takes the mound Saturday afternoon in the second of three games against San Diego.
The 24-year-old budding ace has won each of his last three starts, going at least seven innings in each with a 1.