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 series at a game apiece.
The Philadelphia Phillies were leading the San Diego Padres by two runs at Petco Park, with a game in hand in the best-of-seven series. It was the bottom of the fifth. There was a runner on first, one out, an 0-2 count.
“We both knew we were going to do everything we could to help our team win,” Austin Nola said. “I think that was understood. The magnitude of the game, the magnitude of the situation — there was not going to be anything given up [easily].”But the matchup would have been just a historical curiosity were it not for the barrage Austin Nola’s single spawned.
The Phillies’ four-run frame was initiated, fittingly, by Bryce Harper, who — facing the same pitcher, Snell, who had broken his thumb with an inside fastball in June, leading to a two-month stay on the injured list — flicked a single into shallow left-center to lead off the second.Harper, who turned 30 on Sunday, is put together one of the greatest Octobers in recent history; he added a double in the sixth and has at least one extra-base hit in seven straight playoff games, hitting .
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