Jorge Cantu drove in three runs Friday and Miami pounded out 14 hits in running over Philadelphia 7-2. The Marlins won their third straight and moved into a second-place tie with Atlanta six games behind the Phillies in the National League East with two games remaining. Cantu singled in two runs in the first inning and added a sacrifice fly in the eighth. Philadelphia tied it in the bottom of the first on a two-run homer by Ryan Howard, his 44th of the year.

Anibal Sanchez pitched eight shutout innings and Dan Uggla and Cody Ross hit solo home runs Tuesday to give the Florida Marlins a 3-0 win over Philadelphia. The win came in the second game of a doubleheader after Philadelphia won the first game 9-3. Sanchez (3-7) allowed just two hits -- both to Chase Utley -- walked two and struck out seven for his first win in six starts.

Joe Blanton gave up two hits in seven shutout innings Tuesday to pitch Philadelphia to a 9-3 win over Florida in the opener of a doubleheader. Blanton (11-7), who struck out nine, won for the fourth time in his last five decisions and ran a scoreless streak to 13 innings over his last two starts. Ryan Howard hit a two-run single as part of Philadelphia's five-run eighth inning and had three RBI for the Phillies, who have won eight of nine.

Joe Blanton threw six shutout innings Wednesday and Jayson Werth hit a grand slam, carrying Philadelphia to a 6-1 win over Washington. The Phillies won their fourth in a row and remained seven games in front of Florida in the National League East. Blanton (10-7) won for the first time since Aug.

Joe Blanton held Atlanta to one run in seven innings Sunday and a costly Braves' error helped the Philadelphia Phillies to a 3-2 win. Blanton (9-6) allowed three hits, walked four and struck out seven. Chase Utley hit his 29th home run, Carlos Ruiz had two doubles and two RBI and Ryan Howard had two hits for the Phillies, who have won 10 of their last 14 games. Brad Lidge picked up his 27th save. Martin Prado had three hits, including a home run, for the Braves, who trail Philadelphia by eight games in the NL East and are 3 1/2 games back of the San Francisco Giants and the Colorado Rockies in the NL wild-car chase. Atlanta starter Jair Jurrjens (10-9) took the loss, giving up three runs on seven hits with two walks in seven innings. With the score tied 1-1, Raul Ibanez walked to lead off the bottom of the seventh for the Phillies and then went to third after Chipper Jones' throwing error on a bunt by Pedro Feliz, who went to second on the play.