PHILADELPHIA — Look at Bryce Harper, Aaron Nola and the rest of these Phillies, out here making Philly — hey, remember the days when Jimmy Rollins and Ryan Howard made postseason play the norm? -- a baseball city again.

Only the rain slowed the Phillies on Tuesday night as they took an eight-game winning streak into the start of a three-game series against the reigning World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers.

That’s right, for fans who might remember Philadelphia as a team slumbering around .500 most of the season, big baseball series have returned: The Phillies, who haven’t made the playoffs since 2011, lead the NL East.

Their scoreless game against the Dodgers was in a rain delay in the bottom of the fourth.

The winning streak coming off Sunday’s retired jersey ceremony for the late Roy Halladay — which returned so many stars from their 2007-2011 postseason heyday — created a buzz in Philly and helped fill the stands a bit more than usual on Tuesday night.

“You saw the passion of the fans and how excited they get,” manager Joe Girardi said hours before a rain delay. “It was a great weekend. With everything, the ceremonies that we had, the importance of the series, the way we played, those are the things you look forward to.”

Max Scherzer vs. Nola gave the game some juice.

Boy, did they deliver.

Nola fanned Trea Turner to start the game, then Max Muncy and Will Smith.