Phillies Notebook: ‘Crushed’ Jordan Romano at a loss after 6-run outing

Phillies Notebook: Against former team, Jesus Luzardo happy with control

PHILADELPHIA — Jesus Luzardo has had three stellar outings and one rough one as a Phillie. His fifth outing Sunday was of the excellent variety, even if it didn’t result in a win. Against his former team, Luzardo worked seven innings, allowing eight hits, two runs (one earned). That the bullpen couldn’t hold on in a 7-5 loss to Miami in 10 innings is frustrating. But Luzardo’s part of it was solid. He needed just 88 pitches to get 21 outs. He di…

Romano’s meltdown in 9th inning nearly costs Phillies a win

PHILADELPHIA — Jordan Romano says his right arm felt the best it had in a long time — the two-time All-Star closer even hit 99.8 mph on a four-seam fastball. The Marlins just hit him — rocked him, actually — much, much harder. The Phillies’ eight-inning rout turned close in the ninth once Romano was summoned to close out an 11-4 lead. Dane Myers instead hit a three-run homer, Graham Pauley added an RBI double and Liam Hicks added a two-run shot …

Phillies Notebook: ‘Crushed’ Jordan Romano at a loss after 6-run outing

PHILADELPHIA — Even among the elites in sports, sometimes, when you least expect it, when everything feels right … you just flat-out flop. Jordan Romano might feel like he’s had a few fall-on-your-face kind of outings since he joined the Phillies as a free agent with the expectation that the two-time All-Star reliever would shore up the back end of the Phillies’ bullpen. Romano started slow. He had a 9.00 ERA coming into play Saturday at Citizen…

Err Jordan: Romano rocked, but Phillies hang on

Continuing a disappointing start to his first season in Philadelphia, closer Jordan Romano was charged with six runs and retired just two batters in the ninth before Jose Alvarado bailed him out and notched the final out of an 11-10 win over the Marlins.

Phillies hold on after Miami's 6-run 9th to beat Marlins 11-10

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Trea Turner had four hits, Bryson Stott and Johan Rojas each had three and the Philadelphia Phillies survived Miami's six-run ninth inning to beat the Marlins 11-10 on Saturday.

Philadelphia 11, Miami 10