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SAN DIEGO — Nola vs. Nola.
A pitcher/batter brother combination squared off for the first time in MLB postseason history in Game 2 of the National League Championship Series on Wednesday afternoon when the Padres defeated the Phillies, 8-5, at Petco Park to even the best-of-seven series at 1-1.
Round 1 went to baby brother Aaron Nola in the second inning, but Austin Nola got his revenge with a run-scoring single on an 0-2 count in the bottom of the fifth to spark a five-run Padres rally. The hit cut the San Diego’s deficit to 4-3 before Austin scored on Juan Soto’s game-tying double.
“It was the best and worst inning of my life,” their father A.J. told MLB.com.
In their first at-bat against each other, Austin, 32, took a first-pitch cutter for a strike from Philadelphia’s 29-year-old right-hander before he chopped a sinker to third for an inning-ending groundout in the second. Earlier in the frame, Aaron had served up homers on consecutive pitches as San Diego trimmed its deficit to 4-2.
In two previous games between the Nolas, Austin collected one hit in six plate appearances with a walk and two strikeouts. That lone hit — an RBI single on June 24 — was the decisive knock in a 1-0 San Diego victory.
Minutes before first pitch, their parents, Stacie and A.J., tried to contain their nerves and anxiety from their seats along the first-base line. Austin, whose Padres were the home team, left them tickets with his wife and two kids. Aaron’s fiancée and her family sat in the Phillies section.
“For both of them, when they get up when the game starts, they’re not brothers,” Stacie told MLB.com. “Both of their mindsets, they’re not brothers. Just another Padre, just another Phillie.”
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