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- Nola returns to form, Duran holds on in 9th, Phillies edge Mets 1-0 to extend NL East lead</p>
<p>DAN GELSTON September 8, 2025 at 9:28 PM</p>
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<p>1 / 3Mets Phillies BaseballPhiladelphia Phillies' Aaron Nola pitches during the first inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets Monday, Sept. 8, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)</p>
<p>PHILADELPHIA (AP) — 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>
<p>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>
<p>New York stumbled since that series in Citi Field and lost their third straight game, and fourth in five games.</p>
<p>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>
<p>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>
<p>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>
<p>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>
<p>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>
<p>Key moment</p>
<p>Nick Castellanos had an RBI single off McLean in the second inning.</p>
<p>Key stat</p>
<p>Phillies CF Harrison Bader had three hits and is 12 for 21 against the Mets this season.</p>
<p>Up next</p>
<p>The Mets send LHP Sean Manaea (1-2, 5.60 ERA) to the mound against Phillies LHP Ranger Suárez (11-6, 2.89 ERA) on Tuesday.</p>
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