đŸ˜±đŸ˜±đŸ˜± BULLPEN FALTERS, PHILLIES LOSE IN 11 AS REALMUTO LEAVES WITH INJURY Phillies’ bullpen collapses late, costing the team in an 11-inning heartbreaker. Star catcher J.T. Realmuto exits in the ninth, fueling concerns about the lineup and playoff hopes. Fans are left anxious and frustrated as questions mount over pitching depth and player health.

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PHILADELPHIA — The Phillies sat through a preview of what would have been a postseason horror show Tuesday night.

Philadelphia starting pitcher Cristopher SĂĄnchez walked off the mound after seven shutout innings with the Phillies up 3-0 on the Miami Marlins.

The trouble then began.

The bullpen allowed six runs in four innings and Miami won 6-5 in 11 inings. Philadelphia (92-65) has dropped four of its last five games.

“There was a little bit of sloppiness that we need to clean up,” manager Rob Thomson said. “It’s been the last couple of days. We need to clean it up and clean it up quick.”

The Phillies’ magic number to clinch a first-round playoff bye is one after the Los Angeles Dodgers lost to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday night.

Tuesday’s game was essentially meaningless, but it’s the type of defeat that can end a team’s season in the playoffs.

There were plenty of culprits in the bullpen.

David Robertson allowed three hits and two runs in two-thirds of an inning.

Closer Jhoan Duran then blew his third save in 18 chances for the Phillies. Marlins designated hitter Heriberto Hernandez pulled Duran’s 0-2 100 mph fastball 380 feet into the left-field stands for a game-tying home run.

“The hitter caught up to a fastball,” Thomson said. “It’s going to happen every once in a while.”

Orion Kerkering continued his struggles in the 10th, allowing two runs.

Since Aug. 1, Kerkering has a 4.74 ERA with 18 hits allowed in 19 innings.

“There’s not a whole lot of swing and miss right now,” Thomson said of Kerkering. “Execution is what it comes down to. Execution of the slider is where it’s at.”

The Phillies‘ hitters gave the bullpen a reprieve by scoring two runs to tie the game in the bottom of the 10th. Nick Castellanos hit the game-tying single.

But Lou Trivino took the mound in the 11th and allowed the Marlins‘ ghost runner to score.

All told, the bullpen allowed seven hits and six runs in four innings.

The good news is that Sánchez, who will start Game 1 of the National League Division Series, was as dominant as he’s been all season. He allowed three hits, walked one and struck out six.

Sánchez will probably start Sunday’s regular-season finale, but that will be more of a tuneup than anything.

“I feel good. I feel extremely well,” he said. “I’m doing everything that I can to stay as healthy as I can

EXTRA INNINGS

J.T. Realmuto left the game in the bottom of the ninth after getting hit on his right throwing hand by a foul ball in the top of the inning.

X-rays were negative, and the catcher is considered day-to-day with a right index finger contusion. Thomson said Realmuto could not squeeze a bat in the ninth.

“That was quite a blow he took to his finger,” Thomson said. “We’ll check him out tomorrow.”

Miami AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Lopez ss 5 1 2 0 0 1 .250
RamĂ­rez c 2 0 0 0 1 1 .233
Navarreto c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300
a-Hicks ph-c 2 0 2 1 0 0 .250
Marsee cf 5 0 0 1 0 1 .311
Norby 3b 5 1 0 0 0 2 .250
HernĂĄndez dh 5 1 3 1 0 1 .269
Edwards 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .281
Wagaman 1b 5 0 1 0 0 2 .248
Conine lf-rf 5 2 1 1 0 2 .275
Myers rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235
Sanoja lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .241
c-Johnston ph-lf 0 1 0 0 1 0 .277
Totals 41 6 10 5 2 11
Philadelphia AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Bader cf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .325
Schwarber dh 4 1 1 1 1 3 .241
1-Stubbs pr-dh 0 1 0 0 0 0 —
Bohm 3b 5 0 1 1 0 0 .281
Marsh lf 2 0 1 0 2 0 .281
d-Castellanos ph-rf 1 0 1 1 0 0 .256
Realmuto c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .259
b-MarchĂĄn ph-c 2 0 1 0 0 1 .212
Kepler rf-lf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .217
Wilson 2b 5 1 1 0 0 0 .206
Stott ss 5 1 0 0 0 1 .255
Kemp 1b 4 1 1 2 0 1 .236
Totals 41 5 9 5 3 9
Miami 000 000 021 10 1
Philadelphia 120 000 000 9 2

a-singled for Navarreto in the 8th. b-singled for Realmuto in the 9th. c-walked for Sanoja in the 10th. d-singled for Marsh in the 10th.

1-ran for Schwarber in the 10th.

E_Lopez (10), Bader (3), MarchĂĄn (2). LOB_Miami 7, Philadelphia 8. 2B_HernĂĄndez (12), Marsh (24), Kepler (19). HR_Conine (2), off Robertson; HernĂĄndez (10), off Duran; Schwarber (54), off Cabrera; Kemp (7), off Cabrera. RBIs_Conine (8), HernĂĄndez (43), Hicks (45), Marsee (32), Edwards (41), Schwarber (130), Kemp 2 (26), Bohm (56), Castellanos (71). SB_Wilson (2), Marsh (7). CS_Bader (3). SF_Edwards.

Runners left in scoring position_Miami 3 (Conine, Norby, Edwards); Philadelphia 6 (MarchĂĄn 2, Bohm, Stott, Realmuto 2). RISP_Miami 2 for 7; Philadelphia 3 for 15.

Runners moved up_Wagaman, Lopez, Kepler. GIDP_Realmuto.

DP_Miami 2 (Norby, Edwards, Wagaman; Hicks, Lopez, Hicks); Philadelphia 1 (Bader, Kemp, Bader).

IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
4 5 3 3 1 3 67 3.66
1 0 0 0 0 3 14 2.87
1 0 0 0 1 0 13 2.72
1 0 0 0 0 0 12 8.07
1 1 0 0 0 1 17 4.26
0 1 0 0 0 0 4 3.38
1 1 2 1 1 1 19 4.22
1 1 0 0 0 1 29 7.85
IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
7 3 0 0 1 6 91 2.57
3 2 1 0 1 23 4.60
0 0 0 0 1 5 3.12
1 2 1 1 0 1 15 2.29
1 1 2 1 1 0 24 3.38
1 1 1 0 0 2 12 1.17

Faucher pitched to 1 batters in the 9th

Inherited runners-scored_Petersen 1-0, Simpson 2-1, Banks 1-0. IBB_off Petersen (Schwarber). WP_Phillips. PB_RamĂ­rez (18).

Umpires_Home, Vic Carapazza; First, Mark Ripperger; Second, Mike Estabrook; Third, Jacob Metz.

T_3:27. A_38,041 (42,901).

Phillies stats

BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E
Bader .325 .384 160 28 52 11 1 5 16 12 48 1 3 3
Turner .305 .356 587 94 179 31 7 15 69 43 107 36 7 8
Bohm .281 .327 445 50 125 17 3 10 56 28 79 2 0 4
Marsh .281 .346 366 59 103 24 2 11 42 38 102 7 1 4
Sosa .270 .303 230 26 62 12 1 7 33 10 55 1 1 3
Harper .263 .358 487 72 128 32 0 27 75 68 117 12 2 2
Realmuto .259 .317 491 57 127 26 1 12 52 34 125 7 2 6
Castellanos .256 .299 532 71 136 27 2 17 71 31 126 4 0 0
Stott .255 .328 483 65 123 22 3 12 65 54 86 23 5 4
Stevenson .250 .250 8 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0
Schwarber .241 .367 585 108 141 22 2 54 130 106 188 10 2 1
Kemp .236 .299 191 24 45 11 0 7 26 11 64 2 2 7
Rojas .224 .280 152 23 34 3 2 1 18 13 40 12 2 2
Kepler .217 .302 411 57 89 19 0 17 51 48 90 3 0 1
MarchĂĄn .212 .288 99 9 21 4 0 2 13 10 16 0 0 2
Wilson .206 .286 107 15 22 4 0 5 17 11 32 2 3 1
Walton .125 .125 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
Kennedy .000 .125 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0
Clemens .000 .143 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Stubbs .000 .000 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals .260 .330 5355 761 1390 265 24 202 736 519 1280 122 30 60

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PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
Wilson 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 0 0
Buehler 2 0 1.04 2 1 0 8.2 7 1 1 0 3 6
Trivino 0 1 1.17 8 0 0 7.2 5 2 1 0 3 6
Duran 1 2 2.29 22 0 15 19.2 16 6 5 2 1 25
Rangel 0 0 2.45 5 0 1 11.0 10 3 3 1 6 8
SĂĄnchez 13 5 2.57 31 31 0 196.1 169 58 56 12 44 204
Wheeler 10 5 2.71 24 24 0 149.2 107 48 45 19 33 195
Strahm 2 3 2.79 65 0 6 61.1 47 22 19 5 20 69
SuĂĄrez 12 7 3.12 25 25 0 153.0 145 54 53 12 38 147
Banks 6 2 3.12 68 1 1 66.1 55 24 23 9 12 60
Kerkering 7 4 3.38 67 0 4 58.2 55 28 22 6 27 61
Alvarado 4 2 3.81 28 0 7 26.0 27 12 11 4 7 32
Luzardo 14 7 4.08 31 31 0 176.2 164 84 80 16 57 206
Robert 0 0 4.15 15 0 0 13.0 11 7 6 2 10 15
Walker 5 8 4.18 32 21 1 120.2 130 62 56 21 38 81
Johnson 1 1 4.26 10 0 0 12.2 11 8 6 3 4 17
de Geus 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 1 0 3 0
Robertson 2 0 4.60 18 0 1 15.2 17 9 8 4 7 21
Lazar 1 1 4.74 34 0 1 38.0 38 21 20 6 11 23
Abel 2 2 5.04 6 6 0 25.0 25 14 14 7 9 21
Ross 2 1 5.12 37 1 0 51.0 57 30 29 8 18 39
HernĂĄndez 1 0 5.26 25 0 0 25.2 32 16 15 4 13 23
Nola 4 10 6.46 16 16 0 86.1 97 64 62 17 28 88
Mayza 0 0 6.75 6 0 0 5.1 7 4 4 1 4 5
Ruiz 1 0 8.16 16 0 0 14.1 21 14 13 3 6 12
Romano 2 4 8.23 49 0 8 42.2 45 40 39 10 17 47
Mercado 0 0 15.00 3 0 0 3.0 7 5 5 1 4 4
Hoffman 0 0 27.00 1 0 0 1.0 3 3 3 0 1 2
Team Totals 92 65 3.87 157 157 45 1394.1 1312 640 600 173 424 1417

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