Phillies hang on for dear life after Jordan Romano meltdown, escape with 11-10 win over Marlins

The Phillies won Saturday. You might not believe that if you watched the ninth inning, but it’s true. Despite what felt like a full-blown implosion from Jordan Romano, Philadelphia held on for an 11-10 win over the Marlins to lock up their fourth win in five games and maintain their iron grip on Citizens Bank Park.

The Phillies offense was rolling.

Trea Turner went 4-for-5. Bryson Stott and Johan Rojas each had three hits. Philly piled up 18 hits — without hitting a home run — and looked like they were on cruise control after building a 9-1 lead.

Bryson Stott: 3-for-5, 2 R, 3 RBI

Make that a 3-RBI day for Stotty pic.twitter.com/x9dTR58txS

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Johan Rojas: 3-for-5, 3 R

There we go, Ro! pic.twitter.com/MGRd6vxo1W

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Trea Turner: 4-for-5, 2 R, 2 RBI

A little sweet Trea-t pic.twitter.com/2etBLjB9n9

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Then Jordan Romano tried to close it.

Romano gave up six runs in the ninth, including a moonshot three-run homer to Dane Myers and a two-run blast to Liam Hicks. His ERA skyrocketed. So did the blood pressure in the stands. Romano was booed into another dimension and yanked before he could finish the job. José Alvarado had to come in and bail him out with the final out, collecting his fifth save.

It should’ve never gotten to that point.

Taijuan Walker, who will not be trusted after the fourth inning, got yanked after just 56 pitches by Rob Thomson. He only gave up one run but Topper decided he’d seen enough, and the bullpen carousel began.

Matt Strahm picked up the win, but you can bet there were more than a few bullpen arms checking their pitch counts and wondering how much longer this workload can last.

The offense carried the day — and had to — because the pitching nearly sabotaged it. Every spot in the lineup contributed, especially the 6-through-9 hitters, who combined for nine hits. That’s how you hide the fact that Romano’s confidence might be buried under the right-field bleachers.

They’ll go for the sweep Sunday behind Jesús Luzardo, who outside of Zack Wheeler, has been their most reliable arm so far.

Up Next: Phillies look for the sweep with Luzardo (2-0, 2.31 ERA) on the bump against Miami’s Connor Gillispie (0-2, 6.63 ERA).

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