Rhys Hoskins and Aaron Nola each came into Game 3 with their own set of history to render obsolete.
For Nola, much of the work in disproving the “Big Game Nola” narrative had been done in the last month of the regular season, plus his dominant Wild Card Series outing six days ago, but an extra sample never hurts. The work had yet to begin for Hoskins, who carried a postseason mark of 1-for-18 and a pivotal defensive miscue into Friday.
They delivered. Specifically: Nola delivered six-plus innings of earned-run-less baseball. And Hoskins delivered a Spencer Strider fastball into the left field seats.