The new (temporary) normal: Marlins 3, Phillies 2

The Phillies offense was anemic, and their pitching wasn’t perfect in a 4-3 loss to the Marlins. Aaron Nola tossed six strong innings before running into trouble in the seventh and Matt Strahm once again allowed an inherited runner to score. Meanwhile, the Phillies offense struck out ten times and finished 1-5 with runners in scoring position.

Perfect is the enemy of good

Yesterday, the Phillies offense was able to scrape by thanks to the dominance of Cristopher Sánchez. Today, Nola was good but not perfect, and that was all the Marlins needed to outscore the Phillies depleted offense. Nola finished the first inning on just six pitches but needed 25 to get out of the second. He got the first…