The swept the Cardinals in the 2022 Wild Card series, but haven’t managed to bust out the brooms against the Cards during the regular season since 2016.
Until today.
Aaron Nola dominates
In Nola’s last appearance he gave up four runs to the Giants. Afterward Rob Thomson said that was one of his best starts in a while. But today Nola looked like the ace everyone hoped he would be. He pitched seven innings and allowed a single hit - a double to Tommy Edman in the first - and one walk. Nola struck out nine to bring his career total to 1,554, tying Curt Schilling for the fifth most strikeouts in franchise history.