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Nola runs scoreless streak to 20 innings
- Updated: May 4, 2016
ST. LOUIS — Phillies starter Aaron Nola continued his dominance Tuesday night.
The right-hander bested Cardinals starter Michael Wacha in an old fashioned pitchers’ duel in the Phillies 1-0 victory at Busch Stadium.
Nola pitched seven shutout innings, gave up two hits and struck out seven, four of which were looking. The Cardinals couldn’t get a runner past first after Nola pitched around a Matt Carpenter leadoff double in the first.
“He can paint the fastball on both sides of the plate, keep hitters guessing one side or the other,” Phillies manager Pete Mackanin said. “You can’t sit on one side of the plate because he’s so good at locating both sides of the plate and he’s got a real good breaking ball that he threw extremely well today.”
Nola threw 76 of his 111 pitches for strikes.
In his past three outings, Nola (2-2) has given up one run and struck out 21 over 21 innings. He currently has a 20-inning scoreless streak.
“Try to mix my changeup in more,” Nola said. “I didn’t do it too too much …
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