PHILADELPHIA — Hardly anyone on this roster has been here longer. The Phillies drafted Aaron Nola and Rhys Hoskins together in 2014; they rose through the organization and endured years of losing and dashed hopes and false starts. A rebuild began. The roster turned over. They stayed.
On Friday, in Game 3 of the NLDS, the pair finally experienced what they had been working toward that whole time: Philadelphia’s first home playoff game in 11 years. And the two of them won it together.
Nola delivered six innings of one-run ball—his third straight outstanding start, a streak that has powered this club through clinching a playoff berth, making it out of the first round and now getting a lead in the NLDS.