Aaron Nola pitched eight terrific innings and Jhoan Duran earned the save against his former team as the Philadelphia Phillies edged the visiting Minnesota Twins 3-1 on Friday.

Amid a season plagued by injuries and inconsistency, Nola (5-10) allowed just one run and two hits in his final postseason tune-up. He struck out nine and walked no batters, helping Philadelphia (95-65) move within 1 ½ games of Milwaukee (96-63) for the top spot in the National League playoffs.

Duran allowed a pair of singles in the ninth before closing the door for his 32nd save -- 16 for the Twins and 16 since coming over in a trade deadline swap with the Phillies.

Joe Ryan (13-10) struck out nine batters in five innings for Minnesota (69-91), which had won three of its previous four games. The right-hander all

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