PHILLIES NEWS

The Phils finished off their weekend set with the Marlins this afternoon. Cole Hamels got the start and produced a masterful performance allowing just 2 runs on 4 hits in 8 innings of work. Meanwhile, the Phils bats again provided him with little support for the duration with Ryan Howard knocking in the Phils only runs. Now onto the game. In the top of the first Howard singled in a run for a 1-0 Phil's lead. In the top of the 3rd, Howard slapped an RBI double for a 2-0 Phil's lead. In the bottom of the 4th, Jeremy Hermida slugged a solo homer to cut the lead to 2-1. In the bottom of the 8th, Corey Ross broke the Phils' hearts with a solo shot to knot it up at 2. With that the game went into extra innings. The Phils had their shot in the top of the 11th, but Chris Coste struck out with men on 2nd and 3rd and 2 out to end the threat. So in the bottom of the 11th with the bases loaded and nobody out, Jorge Cantu laced a doubled off the wall in right field for a 3-2 Florida win. So the Phils drop to 53-46 overall and into a first place tie with the hated Mets, with Florida just .5 games back.