Aaron Nola

Suarez is the first since Juan Marichal in 1966 to go 9-0 or better with a sub-1.50 ERA in his first 10 starts. Nola has taken it all in.

The Phillies were the first in MLB to 30 wins and they did it with four infielders out of position and a backup catcher. They're rolling.

"This game will humble you in a hurry if you think you're better than what you really are," manager Rob Thomson said.

Much of the Phillies' fast 30-game start was thanks to a pitching staff that topped the NL in ERA. Here's who is trending up and down.

The pressure would be mounting for the Phillies if the pitchers hadn't saved the hitters in the first 17 games.

The Phillies could look at Wednesday's game (and their entire initial road trip) as a challenge met — no matter how clumsily they passed it.

The Phillies have never signed a pitcher to a seven-year deal. But, in the end, a reunion just made too much sense — for both sides.

The seven-year, $172 million contract, agreed to Sunday according to major-league sources, is the richest for a pitcher in Phillies history.

Aaron Nola, 30, has spent his entire nine-year career with Philadelphia.

The Braves don't have any players signed long term for more than $22 million, but they are willing to go above that for a starter.

Sources say the Brewers are open to moving virtually any player on the roster, and the Royals are considering an extension for Bobby Witt Jr

The South Philly nights are beginning to bleed into each other, one after another. Let's try to unpack the Phillies' wild postseason run.

"He did such a good job for us tonight, going out there and keeping them off balance, throwing big pitches when he needed to."

The Phillies' two games against the Marlins were a masterclass in October baseball. A late September workout helped prime them for this run.

Few, if any, in this postseason have as much at stake as Nola does. After an "up and down season," he has a chance to rewrite the ending.

So much can be said about the Phillies, a season-high 14 games over .500. But how about Wheeler and Nola's past, present and future?

The Phillies say Andrew Painter is unlikely to pitch in the majors in 2023. They are telling teams they would like to add a "depth" starter.

"I'd say they're more like brothers," Zack Wheeler said of the former teammates who produced a pitchers' duel Tuesday at Tropicana Field.