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 Phillies beat the New York Mets 1-0 on Monday night.

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.

New York has stumbled since that series in Citi Field. They’ve lost three straight, four of five and seven of 11.

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 two and struck out seven. Nola’s last pitch was a 93 mph sinker that got Brandon Nimm

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