NEW YORK (AP) — The first-place Philadelphia Phillies made a couple of changes to their bullpen Tuesday, when they placed struggling reliever Jordan Romano on the 15-day injured list with finger inflammation and released fellow right-hander Joe Ross.

Both pitchers were ineffective Monday night late in a 13-3 loss to the New York Mets at Citi Field. Philadelphia recalled right-hander Daniel Robert and selected the contract of righty Lou Trivino from Triple-A Lehigh Valley.

Romano gave up a three-run homer to No. 9 batter Luis Torrens on Monday and was tagged for four runs on two hits and a walk in the seventh inning. He landed on the IL with inflammation in his right middle finger.

Phillies manager Rob Thomson said Romano has been dealing with the problem “for a while” and it could hav

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