Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Game 21 - Strong Offense Bails Out Troublesome 'Pen

Miami Marlins  10 
Philadelphia Phillies  11 

2025 Philadelphia Phillies
Kids Club / Club 215
Saturday Afternoon, April 19th
Citizens Bank Park - Philadelphia, PA
13-8, 2nd Place, 1 game behind the Mets

One Sentence Summary:  What should have been a laugher of a win turned into a close ballgame following Jordan Romano's implosion, but the Phils hung on to win, 11-10.

What It Means:  After winning the first two of the series, the Phillies would go for the sweep on Easter Sunday behind Jesus Luzardo.

What Happened:  Taijuan Walker turned in another impressive performance, allowing a run on one hit and three walks before exiting with some shoulder stiffness after the fourth inning.  Carlos Hernandez allowed three runs in his inning of work and Romano surrendered six runs in the ninth, before Jose Alvarado recorded the final out and his fifth save on two pitches.  Romano has pitched in nine games so far - doing fine in five of them, but doing awful in the other four.  His ERA stands at 15.26 after allowing six runs in 2/3 of an inning on six hits in this game.

Trea Turner was an offensive star, going 4 for 5 with a pair of runs scored and two batted in.  The Phils collected seven doubles and both Bryson Stott and Johan Rojas had three hits each.

Featured Card:  Stott led the day with three RBIs.  He gave the Phillies a 6-1 lead in the fourth, scoring two runs with an RBI double.  His RBI single in the fifth made it a 9-1 ballgame, scoring Johan Rojas.  Here's his team-issued card available throughout the season with a kid's or teen's fan club membership.

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