Daily News | Aaron Nola stretches to five innings in second-to-last spring start, a 14-2 Phillies loss to Yankees
Jose F. Moreno/ Staff PhotographerTAMPA, Fla. — On the fourth anniversary of his first opening-day start — the infamous 68-pitch hook in Atlanta in 2018 — Aaron Nola threw 60 pitches here in his penultimate spring-training appearance for the Phillies.
It went like Nola’s previous two outings, with a few bad pitches getting hit hard. He gave up four runs on five hits, including a two-run homer by Marwin Gonzalez, in a 14-2 Yankees victory. Nola has allowed five homers in nine innings this spring. ”Yeah, not good,” he said. “I look back at it as fastballs right over the middle, and they’re not missing.”
But at least Nola got into the fifth inning. He will aim for six in his spring finale Sunday, which should enable him to pitch fairly deep into the game on opening day, April 8 against the Athletics at Citizens Bank Park, no small matter given the slower buildups for Ranger Suárez and ace Zack Wheeler.
”I thought he threw a number of good pitches,” manager Joe Girardi said. “He was facing a pretty good lineup. He got beat by the bottom, did a good job on the top. But he’s pretty close, I think.”Here‘s one way for a nonroster reliever to catch the manager‘s eye: Set down Joey Gallo, Aaron Judge, and Giancarlo Stanton on seven pitches. Right-hander Michael Kelly did just that in the seventh inning, the best he has looked in five outings this spring.The Phillies ruined Scott Kingery.
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