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MIAMI (Ticker) -- Jorge Cantu gave the Florida Marlins another
walk-off win.
Cantu singled in the winning run in the bottom of the 11th
inning, lifting the Marlins to a 3-2 victory over the
Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday.
Alfredo Amezaga led off the inning with a single and, after
Hanley Ramirez walked, Jeremy Hermida attempted to sacrifice.
Hermida reached when Clay Condrey fielded the bunt and looked to
third before throwing late to first.
Cantu then gave the Marlins their ninth walk-off win, driving a
ball off the left field wall.
Florida (52-46) is one-half game back of Philadelphia and the
New York Mets in the tight National League East.
"You got out there expecting to win. That's what it's all
about. We're all right there. It's so much fun. I've never
been in something like this," Cantu said.
Hermida was responsible for the Marlins first hit when he led
off the bottom of the fourth inning with his 12th homer to pull
Florida within 2-1.
Phillies starter Cole Hamels carried that lead into the eighth
before Cody Ross opened the frame with his 16th homer, tying the
contest at 2-2.
"He (Cole Hamels) gave me a pitch out over the plate and I just
put a good swing on it and luckily it went over the fence," Ross
said. "It was a big run for us."
Hamels left after the eighth, allowing two runs and four hits.
The lefthander, who threw 70 of 96 pitches for strikes, walked
two and struck out seven.
"It's pretty much a waste of an outing if you don't win," Hamels
said. "Just battling and not being able to have a victory, as a
team, it's disappointing, especially when we need victories."
In the seventh, the Phillies squandered a chance to increase the
lead when slugger Ryan Howard grounded out with the bases loaded
to end the inning.
Howard opened the scoring with a run-scoring single in the first
and added an RBI double in the third, giving the Phillies a 2-0
advantage. He leads the National League with 87 RBI.
Marlins starter Josh Johnson, who was making his first home
appearance of the season, settled down and allowed two runs and
seven hits in 6 2/3 innings. The righthander walked three and
struck out four.
After Johnson departed, five relievers combined to give up one
hit in 4 1/3 innings.
In the top of the 11th, the Doug Waechter struck out Chris Coste
with runners on second and third to end the inning.
"We just got to do a better job, plain and simple," Phillies
outfielder Shane Victorino said. "There's no making excuses
about what we've done in the past. We've got to do the little
things because little things lead to big things in the end."
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