As Austin and Aaron Nola became the first brothers to face off in a postseason at-bat on Wednesday, it was a must-see matchup for all but two members of the ...
It's quick, and [the Padres win 8-5](/mlb/story/_/id/34835775/padres-bats-come-alive-game-2-comeback-win-even-nlcs) to even the series at a game apiece as the two teams -- and all the Nolas and McElroys -- head for Philadelphia for Game 3 on Friday. [Josh Hader](https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/32760/josh-hader) jogs in from the bullpen, his hair a step or two behind, and McElroy begins an exuberant countdown of outs. Stacie says something I can't hear, but the look on her face -- and A.J.'s -- is easy to read. [Manny Machado](https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/31097/manny-machado) homers to lead off the seventh, and by now I've lost count of the high-fives. [HA-SEONG KIM](https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/4089862/ha-seong-kim) LED OFF the bottom of the fifth with a single, and A.J. Austin leads off in the bottom of the sixth, and another, less forceful chant starts up before he flies out to start the sixth inning. "To go through season after season the way he did, knowing how hard it is to get a spot with so much talent out there..." With Aaron no longer part of the proceedings, Austin's jersey was featured on the outside and Aaron's took its place underneath. He's wearing a Padres shirt and a Padres cap with "Nola 26" inscribed above the left ear. leaned forward every time Aaron began his motion and recoiled a bit every time a pitch crossed the plate. "When he's on, I love watching him pitch because of the way he can command his way through the lineup," A.J. With two outs in the bottom of the inning, Austin walked from the on-deck circle to the batter's box.
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 ...
Rob Thomson Believes In The Phillies.](https://www.philliesnation.com/2022/10/the-phillies-believe-in-rob-thomson-rob-thomson-believes-in-the-phillies/) [From Black Eyed Peas to Tenacious D, Phillies Celebrate Big Wins With Party Playlist](https://www.philliesnation.com/2022/10/202881/) The hope is for a similar ending. I expect to do the same thing.” Back-to-back singles from Drury and Bell, two hitters who homered against Nola earlier in the game, gave the Padres a three-run lead. “That’s the rule and you’ve got to live with it,” Thomson said. The thing is that it’s a seven-game series and we’re going back home.” After a big strikeout against Manny Machado, Nola was taken out of the game for Hand. Jurickson Profar singled on the next pitch and at that point, the Padres had first and third with the tying and go ahead runs on base and Juan Soto and Manny Machado due up next. The next batter Trent Grisham nearly tied the game on a long fly out to center. Much has been made of Aaron facing his brother Austin in the postseason and it turned out the second brother vs. The younger Nola had his brother in an 0-2 count. Through seven playoff games, the Phillies had won every single game in which they have had a lead in.
Brandon Drury a frappé un simple de deux points lors d'une cinquième manche faste et les Padres de San Diego ont défait Aaron Nola et les Phillies de ...
Blake Snell a décroché la victoire et Josh Hader a obtenu le sauvetage. Ils ont finalement éliminé le club d'Atlanta, champions en titre de la Série mondiale. Il a produit un point grâce à un simple aux dépens de son jeune frère.
San Diego est toutefois parvenue à réduire l'écart de moitié dès leur tour au bâton suivant, grâce à des circuits en solo de Brandon Drury et de Josh Bell. À ...
Hand a concédé deux coups sûrs à Drury et Bell et les Padres ont pris l'avance 7-4. Austin Nola a d'abord frappé un simple qui a produit un point, puis Soto a frappé un double pour ajouter un autre point et créer l'égalité. « Nous allons à Philadelphie pour trois parties et c'est un match important, a dit Drury. Puis, avec deux hommes sur les sentiers, Matt Vierling a frappé la balle en direction du voltigeur Juan Soto, qui a perdu la balle de vue en raison du soleil. Les Padres ont finalement mis le pied sur l'accélérateur en cinquième manche pour ajouter cinq points et distancer les Phillies. Après avoir pris l'avance 1-0 dans la série mardi, les Phillies sont rapidement revenus à la charge dans le deuxième match.
Brandon Drury hit a go-ahead, two-run single during a five-run rally in the fifth inning and the San Diego Padres stunned Aaron Nola and the Philadelphia ...
Schwarber hit a weak grounder to first that Drury bobbled before stepping on the bag as Vierling scored. Aaron Nola, in the playoffs for the first time and off to a brilliant start before Wednesday, took the loss. As for the brotherly showdown, he said: "I want to beat him. Jake Cronenworth was hit by a pitch to load the bases. After Jean Segura struck out, Soto, the right fielder, lost Matt Vierling’s fly ball in the sun and it dropped behind him for an RBI double. San Diego began its comeback with homers on consecutive pitches by Drury and Bell to open the bottom of the inning. Aaron Nola threw over several times before Austin singled to right-center to bring in the speedy Kim, who was running on an 0-2 pitch. I'm just trying to hit something hard through the middle and good things happen.” 2, the same day the Padres got Drury from Cincinnati. “We need to continue to build that confidence,” said Austin Nola, the No. The series shifts to Philadelphia for three games beginning Friday night. The fifth-inning surge started with Padres catcher Austin Nola hitting an RBI single off his younger brother that brought the sellout, towel-twirling crowd of 44,607 to life.
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Aaron Nola and the Philadelphia Phillies were rolling along this postseason.
“We took away the home-field advantage part of it.” I don’t think this bump is going to slow him down,” said Schwarber, who went 0 for 3 with an RBI and a walk. [https://apnews.com/hub/mlb](https://apnews.com/hub/mlb) and [https://twitter.com/AP_Sports](https://twitter.com/AP_Sports) [Skip Advertisement] “They were hitting the fastball pretty well, a couple of missed locations.” “He has been fantastic. “He pitched his butt off. “We just put together good at-bats on him. “It happens. His stuff was still good,” teammate Rhys Hoskins said. [Manny Machado](https://www.mlb.com/video/manny-machado-strikes-out-swinging-ngzyrl?q=aaron%20nola&cp=CMS_FIRST&qt=FREETEXT&p=0), one of his six punch-outs in the game. [Aaron retired him](https://www.mlb.com/video/aaron-nola-in-play-out-s-to-austin-nola-zhb9ij?q=aaron%20nola&cp=CMS_FIRST&qt=FREETEXT&p=0) on a grounder in the second, 32-year-old [Austin singled home a run](https://www.mlb.com/video/aaron-nola-in-play-run-s-to-austin-nola-ubqxld?q=aaron%20nola&cp=CMS_FIRST&qt=FREETEXT&p=0) in the fifth that drew the Padres to 4-3. [Cruising with a 4-0 lead](https://www.mlb.com/video/aaron-nola-s-game-2-start?q=aaron%20nola&cp=CMS_FIRST&qt=FREETEXT&p=0), the 29-year-old Nola gave up back-to-back solo homers to [Brandon Drury](https://www.mlb.com/video/brandon-drury-homers-1-on-a-line-drive-to-left-field-c6ckip?q=aaron%20nola&cp=CMS_FIRST&qt=FREETEXT&p=0) and [Josh Bell](https://www.mlb.com/video/josh-bell-s-solo-home-run-x2287?q=aaron%20nola&cp=CMS_FIRST&qt=FREETEXT&p=0) in the second inning.
SAN DIEGO -- We all expected an exciting National League Championship Series between the Padres and Phillies. Through two games, both teams have delivered.
[Ranger Suárez](https://www.mlb.com/player/ranger-suarez-624133) (10-7, 3.65 ERA) will make his second start of the 2022 postseason. Follow him on Twitter [@ajcassavell](https://twitter.com/ajcassavell). The Padres also face an interesting decision in the leadoff spot, with Jurickson Profar and Ha-Seong Kim as options. He was excellent early, then struggled in the middle, before piecing it back together in September. [Joe Musgrove](https://www.mlb.com/player/605397) (10-7, 2.93 ERA), who has allowed two runs across 13 innings. All games are available in the U.S. Live games are also available in select countries outside the U.S. In all best-of-seven series that were tied 1-1, the Game 3 winner has captured the series 67 of 97 times (69%). [punched first in Game 1](https://www.mlb.com/news/phillies-win-nlcs-game-1-2022) on Tuesday afternoon as Zack Wheeler’s seven scoreless innings were too much for San Diego to overcome. The Phillies are 2-0 at home this postseason, while the Padres are 3-2 on the road. I expect to do the same thing.” Now the series shifts to Philadelphia, which will host its first NLCS game since Oct.
Brandon Drury a frappé un simple de deux points lors d'une cinquième manche faste et les Padres de San Diego ont défait Aaron Nola et les Phillies de ...
Blake Snell a décroché la victoire et Josh Hader a obtenu le sauvetage. Ils ont finalement éliminé le club d’Atlanta, champions en titre de la Série mondiale. Il a produit un point grâce à un simple aux dépens de son jeune frère.
Padres were trailing the Phillies 4-2 entering the bottom of the fifth inning of Game 2 in the National League Championship Series when they scored five ...
Games 4 and 5 also will be played at Citizens Bank Park, beginning at 4:45 p.m. Austin Nola, facing his younger brother Aaron for the second time in the afternoon and the seventh time in their careers, got a hit for the just second time, driving an 0-2 pitch for a single to right-center field. Padres 7, Phillies 4 Padres 6, Phillies 4 Padres 4, Phillies 4 Kim, who was running on the pitch, scored all the way from first base.
The Philadelphia Phillies took advantage on balls that either weren't hit hard or should've been handled by the San Diego Padres.
[Matt Vierling](https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/41636/matt-vierling)'s fly ball to Soto and [Edmundo Sosa](https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/33809/edmundo-sosa)'s flare to left field, which fell directly in front of [Jurickson Profar](https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/31117/jurickson-profar) -- carried catch probabilities of at least 95%. [San Diego Padres](/mlb/team/_/name/sd/san-diego-padres) right fielder [Juan Soto](https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/36969/juan-soto) lost in the sun. The Phillies, who entered 5-0 when scoring first in these playoffs, had an early four-run lead and forced [Blake Snell](https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/33748/blake-snell) to navigate a 37-pitch inning.
Blake Snell got the win and Josh Hader the save after striking out the side in the ninth to send the crowd into a frenzy. Aaron Nola, in the playoffs for the ...
Schwarber hit a weak grounder to first that Drury bobbled before stepping on the bag as Vierling scored. Aaron Nola, in the playoffs for the first time and off to a brilliant start before Wednesday, took the loss. As for the brotherly showdown, he said: "I want to beat him. Jake Cronenworth was hit by a pitch to load the bases. After Jean Segura struck out, Soto, the right fielder, lost Matt Vierling’s fly ball in the sun and it dropped behind him for an RBI double. San Diego began its comeback with homers on consecutive pitches by Drury and Bell to open the bottom of the inning. Aaron Nola threw over several times before Austin singled to right-center to bring in the speedy Kim, who was running on an 0-2 pitch. I'm just trying to hit something hard through the middle and good things happen.” 2, the same day the Padres got Drury from Cincinnati. “We need to continue to build that confidence,” said Austin Nola, the No. The series shifts to Philadelphia for three games beginning Friday night. The fifth-inning surge started with Padres catcher Austin Nola hitting an RBI single off his younger brother that brought the sellout, towel-twirling crowd of 44,607 to life.
Bryce Harper et Kyle Schwarber ont frappé un circuit chacun, Zack Wheeler a accordé un coup sûr en sept manches de travail et les Phillies de Philadelphie ...
Il a été atteint par un lancer de Blake Snell le 25 juin, ce qui l'a mis sur la touche pendant deux mois. Harper, qui tente d'atteindre sa première finale de la Série mondiale, a frappé la longue balle dans le champ gauche en quatrième. Wheeler et deux releveurs ont combiné leurs efforts pour limiter les Padres à un coup sûr.
Après avoir vu les Phillies dominer le premier match, les Padres ont été victimes du même phénomène lors du deuxième duel. En fait, Blake Snell a donné quatre ...
En cinquième, ils ont traversé Aaron Nola - et Brad Hand - via une récolte de cinq points pour porter la marque à 7-4. Et de là, les Padres ont explosé. Brandon Drury et Josh Bell ont frappé la longue balle pour réduire l'écart de moitié, soit à 4-2.
In the top of the second inning in Game 2 of the NLCS, the Phillies put up a four spot. Their friends were putting the ball in play, the Padres defense and ...
[Kyle Schwarber](/mlb/players/2135243/kyle-schwarber/) then hit a grounder to first base (only 82.8 mph; 95 is considered "hard" contact). [Edmundo Sosa](/mlb/players/2167505/edmundo-sosa/) followed with another single to make it 3-0 Phillies. Padres right fielder [Juan Soto](/mlb/players/2507367/juan-soto/) tried to cut Castellanos down at third, but the ball bounded away, allowing Bohm to advance to second. Their friends were putting the ball in play, the [Padres](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/teams/SD/san-diego-padres/) defense and the sun. [Nick Castellanos](/mlb/players/1765816/nick-castellanos/) followed with a well-placed single to right that only clocked in at 60.9 mph, but, again, he put the ball in play with two strikes. [Bryce Harper](/mlb/players/1765813/bryce-harper/) led off the inning with a single.
The Padres' Austin Nola got the better of his brother with a rally-sparking RBI single on Wednesday.
(A.J., for those wondering, was wearing a Padres hat and a Phillies jersey over a Padres jersey.) I use a lot of his knowledge and wisdom to teach me." The two became the first siblings to square off in a pitcher-batter matchup in postseason history, as well as the sixth pair of brothers to play against one another in a postseason series. [Austin Nola](/mlb/players/2050477/austin-nola/) made [MLB](/mlb/) history during Wednesday's Game 2 of the National League Championship Series between the [Philadelphia Phillies](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/teams/PHI/philadelphia-phillies/) and [San Diego Padres](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/teams/SD/san-diego-padres/). (The Padres, who fell behind early, would later take over the game.) Aaron departed before the two could square up for a third time, and Austin's rally-starting single keyed The Fox broadcast interviewed their parents afterward, with their father, A.J., saying simply, "Aaron got him the first at-bat."
Austin Nola became the first player in baseball's postseason history to record a hit off his brother, helping kick-start a game-breaking fifth inning in the ...
[Padres](https://staging2.theathletic.com/mlb/team/padres/) trailed 4-0 in the second inning but rallied for eight unanswered runs. [Juan Soto](https://staging2.theathletic.com/mlb/player/juan-soto-NxTzrhe2HdUzjr6T/), [Josh Bell](https://staging2.theathletic.com/mlb/player/josh-bell-Yjw0ySgRCU8lwvib/) and [Brandon Drury](https://staging2.theathletic.com/mlb/player/brandon-drury-7XkWRj5M5qr9o9Ya/). [Aaron Nola](https://staging2.theathletic.com/mlb/player/aaron-nola-lR06mWlShqL9tUcb/), to score [Ha-Seong Kim](https://staging2.theathletic.com/mlb/player/ha-seong-kim-L6CBHty9Z293VU3c/), the first of a parade of five runs that tipped the best-of-seven series back to even. The teams will now travel to Philadelphia for Game 3 on Friday, with [Joe Musgrove](https://staging2.theathletic.com/mlb/player/joe-musgrove-jxd0C6ikrfY0KLFQ/) scheduled to pitch for the Padres against the Phillies’ [Ranger Suarez](https://staging2.theathletic.com/mlb/player/ranger-suarez-pWkeoxLxRKNVZMKl/). [Austin Nola](https://staging2.theathletic.com/mlb/player/austin-nola-eKVpp39WrgbNbYkX/) became the first player in baseball’s postseason history to record a hit off his brother, helping kick-start a game-breaking fifth inning in the Padres’ runaway 8-5 victory Wednesday over the visiting [Phillies](https://staging2.theathletic.com/mlb/team/phillies/) in Game 2 of the National League Championship Series.
A wild fifth inning turned a two-run deficit into a three-run lead, letting San Diego salvage a split before the series heads to Philadelphia.
You want to have it tied going there — or have the lead going there — because now they have to think a little bit more, they’re more nervous, they’re playing on their heels. But if you keep throwing up zeroes, you know you’re going to pump your team up and they’re going to find a way to get back in the game.” game since 1998, when they won the pennant but lost to the Yankees in the World Series. Harper has an extra-base hit in each of his last seven games, matching Devon White (1993) and Carlos Beltrán (2004) for the longest streak in a single postseason. On Tuesday, Zack Wheeler and Yu Darvish both worked seven strong innings, but the Phillies’ Wheeler was just a little bit better. The Phillies should have fun of their own when the series shifts to Citizens Bank Park for Game 3 on Friday, and it may seem familiar. Only twice in their history had the Phillies lost a postseason game after leading by four runs — but this would be the third time. In the end it was 8-5 Padres, and the team’s Swingin’ Friar mascot rang the Mission Bell, out near the left field foul pole, after the last out. He lost a fly ball in the sun, helping the Phillies to a four-run inning. Center fielder Trent Grisham got the star treatment in the first inning of Game 2 on Wednesday after charging for a diving catch of a sinking liner by J.T. SAN DIEGO — It opened with a star and ended with a bell, which is how these teams like to do it. It’s a nod to the signature call of Jerry Coleman, the old Yankees infielder who called Padres games for decades
SAN DIEGO -- Aaron Nola had been nearly perfect for 21 days. He had been pitching his best baseball in the most important games of his life.
“That's the rule, and you've got to live with it. [home runs on consecutive pitches](https://www.mlb.com/news/brandon-drury-and-josh-bell-go-back-to-back-in-nlcs-game-2) to Brandon Drury and Josh Bell in the bottom of the frame to cut their lead to 4-2. The Phillies called for Hand to get Jake Cronenworth, but he hit him with a 2-2 slider to load the bases. “I want to beat him,” Aaron Nola said. “That’s the three-batter rule,” Phillies manager Rob Thomson said of having to watch Hand face Drury and Bell. “Definitely not the best case, but not the worst case,” Kyle Schwarber said. The Padres then opened the floodgates and scored five runs in the fifth. “We’ll take a look, but I think most of those I can explain,” Cotham said. The Phillies and Padres will play Games 3, 4 and 5 in Philadelphia. The Padres put 15 balls in play with an average exit velocity of 97.9 mph. “But I’m going to flush this one and focus on my next one.” Philadelphia handed Nola a four-run lead in the second, but he could not hold on.
San Diego turned around Game 2 thanks in no small part to Austin Nola's fifth-inning single that sparked a five-run inning, powering an 8-5 win that evened ...
The Phillies’ lead was 4-2 when the bottom of the fifth got underway and when Nola stepped in against Nola. Mom and Dad craned their necks to watch, knowing by the end of the afternoon they probably would be elated for one son, devastated for the other. By at least one widely used metric — wins above replacement — he was the best starting pitcher in baseball this season, amassing a WAR of 6.3 (via FanGraphs), just ahead of Carlos Rodon and Justin Verlander. Four of the Padres’ five runs in the fifth were driven in by Juan Soto (RBI double), Brandon Drury (two-run single) and Josh Bell (RBI single), who happen to be General Manager A.J. On consecutive batters, Soto, who has never been mistaken for a Gold Glove outfielder, committed a throwing error and lost a flyball in the sun. With Kim, who led off with a single, dancing off first base, Aaron Nola started his brother with a cutter that Austin fouled off. The magnitude of the game, the magnitude of the situation — there was not going to be anything given up [easily].” The matchup of the Nola brothers, in fact, was the first brother-vs.-brother, pitcher-vs.-batter duel in postseason history. In two previous starts for the Phillies this postseason, spanning 12⅔ innings, he had not given up an earned run. and Stacie braced themselves for the swirl of conflicting emotions they knew was coming. And it also may have tilted the entire NLCS. It was the bottom of the fifth.