Despite Nola’s solid outing, Phillies lose in extra innings to Marlins

Starlin Castro drilled a 10th inning home run to provide the winning margin in a 3-1 Marlins victory over the Phillies on Thursday night at Citizens Bank Park. (Keith Allison)The Phillies donned their powered blue jerseys as they took to the field for “Throwback Thursday” against the Miami Marlins. While the uniforms were pretty, the end results weren’t. The Phillies (13-12) lost in extra innings by a 3-1 score to Miami (8-17) in the opener of a four-game series between the division rivals.

The Phillies started off the game looking like they were on the verge of an offensive breakout. Miami starter Caleb Smith, who had shut the Phillies down on one hit earlier in the month, threw 30+ pitches…