PHILADELPHIA — After Walker Buehler threw his 74th and final pitch against the Marlins — a sweeper that Agustín Ramírez lifted to left field for a flyout — his night wasn’t over.

Buehler had just completed five scoreless innings in the Phillies’ 1-0 rain-interrupted win over Miami, though he finished with three walks. So when Taijuan Walker entered the game in the sixth, Buehler jogged back out to the bullpen to throw a few more pitches.

It’s common to see starting pitchers head to the bullpen to reach a certain pitch count following a spring training outing, but not so much in late September. With playoff roster decisions looming, though, Buehler is getting as much work in as he can.

Buehler was released by the Red Sox after pitching to a 5.45 ERA this year. But since joining the Phillies, it’s been a different story. In 13 2/3 innings with his new team, Buehler has a 0.66 ERA.

Buehler allowed some traffic on the bases Thursday night, but he was helped out by a pair of double plays and J.T. Realmuto catching Jakob Marsee stealing in the first inning.

The Phillies offense struggled with runners in scoring position, going 0 for 10 in those situations. But they needed just one run for the series win, which came on an RBI groundout from Alec Bohm in the first inning, scoring Harrison Bader from third.

Walker followed up Buehler’s performance with two scoreless frames, and Matt Strahm pitched a 1-2-3 eighth. Jhoan Duran was warming before a rain delay was called in the bottom of the eighth, but Phillies manager Rob Thomson brought in David Robertson for the ninth after Duran sat for an hour. Robertson tossed a scoreless frame to seal it.

Realmuto was busy behind the plate in his return to the lineup after missing a game with a bruised index finger. In addition to throwing out Marsee, he made two putouts on foul balls. Bryce Harper also returned after sitting out two games with illness and went 1 for 4.

Max Kepler was removed from the game following the rain delay due to illness. Nick Castellanos took over in right field.

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