Aaron Nola tied a career-high with 12 strikeouts and beat former teammate Zach Eflin as the Philadelphia Phillies won their 10th consecutive road game, 3-1 over the AL-leading Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday.
It's the Phillies' longest winning away from home since the 1976 club won a franchise-best 13 straight.
Eflin was making his first start against his old team after signing a $40 million, three-year contract, the largest free-agent deal in Rays' history. The 29-year-old right-hander, who had won each of his first eight home starts, gave up two runs, four hits and struck out nine in seven innings. Nola and Eflin played together for seven seasons with Philadelphia. This was the first time in Phillies history that teammates for that long of time have faced off as starting pitchers in the next season, and the first time in the majors since Cleveland's Cliff Lee the New York Yankees' CC Sabathia in 2009.The Phillies took a 1-0 lead on consecutive second-inning doubles by Bryson Stott and Alec Bohm.
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