As recently as a week ago, one of the firm foundations of the Phillies belief that they could play deep into the postseason and had as good a chance as anybody of bringing home the World Series hardware was that their four-pack of starting pitchers could match up with anybody.
Even as Ranger Suárez has struggled to regain his mojo after two visits to the injured list (2-4, 6.02 in his last 8 starts), they could console themselves with the thought that Zack Wheeler, Aaron Nola and Cristopher Sánchez was still a pretty doggone good 1-2-3.
After Nola was rocked in a 11-3 loss to the Mets on Friday night at Citizens Bank Park, though, ya gotta believe that just the slightest hint of doubt is beginning to creep in.
The Phillies, of course, will deny that they’re worried in the least. They’ll point to Nola’s track record and his …