Aaron Nola will take the mound for the National League champion Philadelphia Phillies on Friday when they face the American League champion Houston Astros in Game 1 of the World Series.
Philadelphia finished third in the NL East at 87-75, a full 14 games behind the 101-win Braves this season, and were the last club in the majors to make the 12-team playoff field.
After a 2-0 sweep of NL Central champion St. Louis in MLB's newly created wild-card round, michelle williams the Phillies needed only four games to knock out Atlanta - the defending World Series champs - and five rays vs red sox games to defeat San dylan o'brien Diego.
