The Phillies entered Sunday with a five-game lead in the NL East, despite losing four of their last five games. The weekend brought more bad news, specifically regarding their rotation. Saturday night, news dropped that the Phillies were placing ace righty Zack Wheeler on the injured list due to a blood clot in his shoulder area . More on that in a second.

Sunday, veteran right-hander Aaron Nola returned from a lengthy stint on the injured list. He'd been out of the rotation since May 14 due to a sprained ankle and a stress reaction in his rib cage. Nola greatly struggled before injury, as he was 1-7 with a 6.16 ERA and 1.51 WHIP through his first nine starts of the season. We're talking about a former All-Star who had finished in the top five of Cy Young voting twice and came i

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