PHILADELPHIA -- If Aaron Nola needed to show the Phillies something on Friday night, he showed it.

He enjoyed his best start in more than a year in his final outing of the 2025 regular season in Friday’s 3-1 victory over the Twins at Citizens Bank Park. Nola, who is struggling through the worst season of his storied Phillies career, retired the first 17 batters he faced and allowed just two hits and one run in eight innings in his longest start since May 14, 2024, when he tossed a shutout against the Mets.

Nola struck out nine, including a fifth-inning strikeout of Twins first baseman Edouard Julien that was the 1,872nd strikeout of Nola’s career, surpassing Robin Roberts (1,871) for second place on the franchise’s all-time list.

Nola entered Friday 4-10 with a 6.46 ERA. He missed t

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