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PHILADELPHIA — – Aaron Nola returned to form with three-hit ball over six innings and Jhoan Duran stranded two runners when he struck out the final two batters to help the Philadelphia Phillies beat the New York Mets 1-0 on Monday night.<\/p>\n

The Phillies stretched their lead in the NL East to eight games over the Mets, pulling away in a race that seemed to tighten when New York completed a three-game sweep of Philadelphia late last month.<\/p>\n

New York stumbled since that series in Citi Field and lost their third straight game, and fourth in five games.<\/p>\n

Nola (4-8) shook off a season derailed by injuries and career-worst stretches to look like the right-hander who anchored the rotation for most of the last decade. He walked only two and struck out seven. Nola’s last pitch was a 93 mph sinker that got Brandon Nimmo swinging to end the sixth and earned him a standing ovation as he walked off the field.<\/p>\n

Duran was the last of three Phillies relievers and worked a scoreless ninth for his 28th save to keep the Mets as the only big league team this season that hasn’t won when trailing after eight innings.<\/p>\n

The Phillies, who beat the Mets for the third time in 10 meetings this year. needed Nola to deliver with a lineup weakened by the losses of infielder Trea Turner and Alec Bohm, both placed on the injured list.<\/p>\n

Without Turner at the top of lineup against the Mets, two-time NL MVP Bryce Harper hit leadoff for the first time since 2022. Harper took a called strike three starting the game against rookie Nolan McLean (4-1).<\/p>\n

McLean — who tossed eight scoreless innings against the Phillies in August — struck out five, gave up seven hits over 5 1\/3 innings and lost for the first time in five big league starts.<\/p>\n

Key moment<\/p>\n

Nick Castellanos had an RBI single off McLean in the second inning.<\/p>\n

Key stat<\/p>\n

Phillies CF Harrison Bader had three hits and is 12 for 21 against the Mets this season.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

The Mets send LHP Sean Manaea (1-2, 5.60 ERA) to the mound against Phillies LHP Ranger Su\u00e1rez (11-6, 2.89 ERA) on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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