PHILADELPHIA -- Aaron Nola’s season has gone so haywire, from ankle and rib injuries to old-fashioned inconsistency, that the right-hander who anchored the rotation for most of the last decade could get dumped to the Phillies’ bullpen in the playoffs. Against the Twins, Nola delivered an outing worthy of staking his claim in the October rotation. Nola took a perfect game into the sixth inning, moved into second on Philadelphia’s career strikeout list and proved he could have some postseason value for the NL East champion Phillies in a 3-1 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Friday night. Nola (5-10) allowed two hits and struck out nine without a walk over eight innings. “That's who he is,” manager Rob Thomson said. Nola ended his worst year since he broke in with the Phillies in 2015 with

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