(Sports Network) - The last thing the Florida Marlins need is an injury to All-Star shortstop Hanley Ramirez. The Marlins will most likely be without Ramirez tonight, when they wrap up a three-game series against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park.

Ramirez left Tuesday's 5-3 loss in the third inning with tightness in his right groin, and his status is day-to-day. The slugging infielder may have tweaked the muscle while legging out an infield hit in the top of the third. He is batting .320 with eight homers and 22 RBI this season and was replaced by third baseman Emilio Bonifacio. Wes Helms then came on to play third base for the Marlins, who had a brief two-game winning streak stopped and lost for the 12th time in 16 games.

"I don't know. I'm going to go day by day and see how I feel," Ramirez told the team's Web site in reference to his availability for Wednesday.

Cody Ross finished with three hits and starter Andrew Miller was dealt the loss for allowing four runs -- two earned -- on seven hits and four walks through six innings. Miller also struck out four batters in defeat.

Florida, which will also visit the New York Mets for three games, will send Burke Badenhop to the South Philly mound Wednesday and he will make his first start of the season. In 11 relief appearances this season, Badenhop is 2-2 with a 5.75 earned run average. He last took the mound in a 10-3 loss versus Tampa Bay on May 23 and gave up a run and three hits over 1 2/3 innings.

The right-hander faced the Phillies on April 26 this season in a 13-2 defeat and pitched 2 1/3 scoreless innings with a pair of strikeouts. Badenhop is 0-0 with a 2.45 ERA in two relief stints against the Phillies in his career, spanning 3 2/3 innings. He will try to pitch the Marlins to their first series win since taking two of three games in Colorado from May 8-10.

Philadelphia got its act together at home with last night's victory and improved to 9-13 as the host, as opposed to their impressive 16-6 ledger away from Citizens Bank Park. The Phillies received a stellar performance from starting pitcher Joe Blanton last night and the right-hander hurled seven shutout innings, scattered five hits and fanned a career-high 11 batters.

Blanton walked just a pair of hitters before Ryan Madson threw a scoreless inning of relief, while Chad Durbin had a shaky ninth and yielded three runs -- two earned -- on a throwing error by first baseman Ryan Howard. It was Howard's first error of the season. Scott Eyre then couldn't get an out and closer Brad Lidge shook off some recent rust by retiring two batters for his ninth save of the season.

"It felt really good," Lidge said of his performance. "I walked the first guy, but I put myself right where I needed to be and for whatever reason it felt like last year."

Lidge went 2-0 with a 1.95 ERA and 41 saves in 41 opportunities last year for Philadelphia, which will host the Washington Nationals for three games over the weekend.

Brett Myers will try to extend his unbeaten streak when he takes the mound for the Phils this evening. Myers is unbeaten over his last four starts (3-0) and won his second straight outing on Saturday in a 7-3 road victory over the New York Yankees in the Bronx.

Myers was not intimidated by the new Yankee Stadium and pitched eight innings of three-run ball, allowing eight hits with five strikeouts and no walks. Myers, who is 0-2 in four home starts this season, improved to 4-2 with a 4.34 earned run average in nine starts this season.

The right-hander will take on Florida for the second time this season and did not factor in the outcome of a 7-3 victory over the Marlins on April 24. Myers permitted three runs and eight hits over six innings that day and is 6-10 with a 5.53 ERA through 29 games (23 starts) in his career against the Marlins.

Philadelphia swept a three-game set in Florida from April 24-26 and has won six of the last seven matchups between the teams.