Aaron Nola tossed six scoreless innings and Bryce Harper homered to lift the visiting Philadelphia Phillies to a 1-0 win over the Miami Marlins on Monday in the finale of a four-game series.
In front of an announced crowd of 7,626 people and 167 dogs, Nola (2-3) logged his best start of 2026. He allowed five hits and did not walk a batter, striking out five in a crisp 94-pitch effort.
Harper took care of the offense, going 3-for-4, as Philadelphia captured three of four in the series and improved to 6-1 since Don Mattingly took over as interim manager.
Miami starter Janson Junk (2-3) allowed one run and five hits in 5 1/3 innings, striking out six without a walk. Jakob Marsee and Kyle Stowers each recorded two singles for the Marlins.
Junk worked around a two-out double by Harper in the first inning and held Philadelphia scoreless in the second despite a leadoff single by Brandon Marsh and another batter reaching on an error.
With two outs in the third, Harper sent a 1-1 sweeper into the bullpen in right-center for his seventh homer of the season.
Miami had a baserunner thrown out by catcher Garrett Stubbs trying to steal second base in both the third and fourth innings.
Both teams went down quietly in the fifth inning before Junk needed help from John King getting through the sixth. Nola took care of the Marlins in the bottom of the frame despite Marsee hitting a one-out single and eventually reaching third.
Philadelphia left-hander Tanner Banks came on in the seventh. Xavier Edwards opened the frame by reaching on an error by shortstop Trea Turner, but Banks recovered to get the next three hitters and keep the Marlins scoreless.
Phillies lefty Jose Alvarado needed only eight pitches to get through the eighth, striking out Marsee on three consecutive sinkers to end the inning.
Philadelphia right-hander Brad Keller took care of things in the ninth, but the Marlins didn’t go down quietly. Stowers singled to open the inning, but pinch-runner Javier Sanoja was erased on a double-play grounder. Edwards kept the game alive with a base hit, but Keller recovered to retire Liam Hicks on a grounder to log his second save.
–Field Level Media
