MIAMI (AP) - Jorge Cantu hit a bases-loaded single off the scoreboard with none out in the 11th inning, and the Florida Marlins tightened the NL East race by beating the Philadelphia Phillies 3-2 Sunday.
Alfredo Amezaga led off the 11th with a single against Clay Condrey (2-2), and Hanley Ramirez walked on a 3-2 pitch. Jeremy Hermida bunted to Condrey, who looked to third base before throwing late to first, and the infield single loaded the bases.
Cantu singled on a 1-1 pitch and was mobbed by his teammates.
Florida's Doug Waechter (2-2) struck out pinch hitter Chris Coste with runners at second and third to end the top of the 11th.
Cole Hamels took a two-hitter and a 2-1 lead into the eighth for Philadelphia, but Cody Ross led off with his 16th home run. Ross had been 1-for-15 previously against Hamels.
By winning two of three games in the series, the Marlins closed to within one-half game of the Phillies and New York Mets. New York moved into a tie for the division lead Sunday by beating Cincinnati.
Marlins starter Josh Johnson pitched 6 2-3 innings in his second start since returning from reconstructive elbow surgery. He allowed seven hits and two runs.
Jeremy Hermida hit his 12th homer of the season and his second in as many games for Florida.
Philadelphia's Ryan Howard singled home a run in the first and hit a two-out, run-scoring double in the third to increase his RBI total to 87, most in the National League. But he grounded out with the bases loaded against Reynel Pinto to end the seventh.
Hamels pitched eight innings and limited Florida to four hits and two runs - both on homers - before departing for a pinch hitter. On a sunny, 91-degree afternoon, he went at least seven innings for the ninth start in a row.
Philadelphia scored a run in the first on singles by Jimmy Rollins, Chase Utley and Howard. Utley walked with two out in the third and scored on a double by Howard.
Notes:@ Marlins LF Josh Willingham was given the day off. ... Dan Uggla went 0-for-2 against Hamels and fell to 3-for-20 lifetime against the left-hander.