MILWAUKEE — The sting of a lead lost in late innings and a game lost in extra innings was still fresh, still only a few minutes old, when Cardinals manager Oli Marmol mentioned the two relievers who had a victory slip from their fingertips.

In the eighth and ninth innings Saturday, lefty JoJo Romero walked three and right-hander Riley O’Brien hit two batters, respectively, to grease Milwaukee’s comeback.

“Those two guys have done really damn good,” Marmol said, leaning back in his office chair. “They’ve earned the opportunity to just say, ‘Go get them tomorrow.’”

What he said Saturday, they did Sunday.

Less than 24 hours later, Romero and O’Brien had a smaller lead to hold and the same innings to do it. Romero pitched around a single to keep the Brewers scoreless in the eighth, and O’B

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