Takeaways as Nola keeps Phillies close, but bats ‘strangled' in Seattle

SEATTLE — He is on a roll. Aaron Nola, that is. For the first three months of the season, it did not look like that was going to be attainable. His finesse repertoire was not aligning with the way the game currently works. The automatic balls and strikes system, which was fully implemented to begin this season, seemed to hurt Nola. “Getting the call” from the umpire behind the plate became much…