Phils tie it on Crawford's 1st HR, fall to Rockies in 11 innings

PHILADELPHIA -- Everything had been going so poorly for the Phillies on Friday night that Jhoan Duran exited the bullpen door at Citizens Bank Park in the eighth inning without the lights, tarantulas and flames that traditionally accompany his jog to the mound.

Duran needed to pitch because he hadn’t pitched since Tuesday. But because the Phillies trailed by five, the Phillies only played his warmup music.

Duran did his job, pitching a scoreless inning. Then the Phillies’ sparked a five-run, game-tying rally in the bottom of the eighth before losing to the Rockies in 11 innings, 9-7.

Justin Crawford hit the first homer of his career, a game-tying, two-out, two-run shot in the eighth.

Brad Keller allowed two runs to score in the 11th.

The fact that Crawford and Keller played a role in Friday’s game was something of a surprise. After all, Phillies left-hander Jesús Luzardo allowed six runs in three-plus innings to put the Phils in a 6-0 hole.

It was the fourth time in eight starts this season that Luzardo has allowed five or more runs. He is the first Phillies pitcher to do that since Roy Halladay in 2013, which was the final year of Halladay’s career.

He has an 11.84 ERA (25 earned runs in 19 innings) in those four starts.

He has a 1.46 ERA (four earned runs in 24 2/3 innings) in the other four.