Griffin Conine hit a two-run pinch homer in the eighth inning as the Miami Marlins completed a three-game sweep of the visiting Philadelphia Phillies with an 8-6 victory Wednesday afternoon after rallying from a six-run deficit.

Miami entered the series riding a 12-game losing streak — the longest in franchise history –but got well against Philadelphia, which is now 3-9 since the All-Star break. The Marlins rallied from a 6-0 hole in the fifth inning with Conine playing hero for the second time in the series.

With the game tied at 6-6 in the eighth, Kyle Stowers drew a leadoff walk against Jonathan Bowlan (2-1). The right-hander bounced back to retire Esteury Ruiz, but Conine followed with a shot over the wall in center field as a pinch hitter for Brian Navarreto.

Conine also punctuated Miami’s comeback win on Monday with a walk-off single against star closer Jhoan Duran. Tyler Zuber (1-1) pitched a scoreless eighth inning to earn the win before Pete Fairbanks finished off his 15th save.

Trea Turner homered for the Phillies, while Bryson Stott knocked in a pair of runs. Jesus Luzardo surrendered six runs on six hits in 6 1/3 innings while squandering the big early lead.

Stott’s two-run double in the third gave the Phillies an early lead. In the fourth, Bryan De La Cruz’s sacrifice fly pushed the lead to 3-0.

Philadelphia tacked on three more runs in the fifth. Turner led off with a first-pitch home run against Ryan Gusto before Stott drew a walk and scored on Bryce Harper’s triple. Alec Bohm’s RBI single made it 6-0.

The large lead didn’t last long, as Miami scored three times in the fifth, capped by Heriberto Hernandez’s two-run homer.

Luzardo ran into more trouble in the seventh, which began with a leadoff single by Ruiz. Jakob Marsee walked with one out and Otto Lopez followed with an RBI single to bring Miami within 6-4.

Luzardo gave way to Seth Johnson, who issued a two-out walk to load the bases. The right-hander then jumped ahead of Xavier Edwards 0-2 before allowing a two-run single to tie the game 6-all.

–Field Level Media

Eduardo Rodriguez threw eight scoreless innings, and Gabriel Moreno hit a go-ahead two-run home run to propel the Arizona Diamondbacks to a potentially crucial 3-0 shutout of the host Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday afternoon.

Arizona won two of three against Pittsburgh and are tied for second in the National League wild-card race. The Diamondbacks also secured the season tiebreaker against the Pirates, who are one of multiple teams in contention for a postseason berth.

The Pirates went 2-4 over their past six games at home against the Chicago Cubs and Diamondbacks, who are two of those contending teams.

Rodriguez (10-3) continues to pitch well in his first All-Star season, allowing five hits and one walk. Rodriguez struck out only two after throwing 105 pitches, but the left-hander kept Pittsburgh’s potent lineup in check with eight groundball outs, and he did not allow an extra-base hit.

It was Rodriguez’s longest start since May 10 when he pitched 8 1/3 innings against the visiting New York Mets, and only the second time he threw eight or more innings this season.

Diamondbacks starters were sharp throughout the series, not allowing an earned run in a combined 20 2/3 innings.

Pirates starter Jared Jones (2-2) delivered a quality start and retired the first nine batters he faced.

Corbin Carroll broke that up with a double to lead off the fourth inning. Moreno followed one out later by blasting a two-run homer to center for his eighth of the season.

Moreno also scored the Diamondbacks’ third run in the sixth inning after he walked with two outs, moved to third on Ketel Marte’s single and scored when Max Kepler laced a single to right field off Jones.

Jones gave up four hits overall, walked two and struck out five on 77 pitches. Kepler finished with two of the Diamondback’s six hits. Jared Triolo had two hits of the Pirates’ five hits.

Brandyn Garcia picked up his second save for Arizona, after striking out two and working around a walk in the ninth.

The Pirates optioned infielder/outfielder Tyler Callihan, left-hander Brandon Eisert and right-hander Isaac Mattson to Triple-A Indianapolis and recalled left-hander Hunter Barco, right-hander Noah Murdock and outfielder Jhostynxon Garcia.

–Field Level Media

The Cleveland Browns are signing safety Grant Delpit to a three-year, $48 million contract extension that includes $35 million in guaranteed money, ESPN and NFL Network reported on Wednesday.

Delpit, 27, was entering the last year of a three-year, $36 million extension signed in 2023 that has no more guaranteed salary. He now will be under contract through the 2029 season.

The Browns, who traded reigning NFL Defensive Player of the Year Myles Garrett to the Los Angeles Rams last month, have reportedly over the last two days extended the contracts of Delpit and cornerback Denzel Ward, their two longest-tenured players.

Five-time Pro Bowl cornerback Ward agreed on a two-year, $62.2 million contract extension that includes $52.3 million guaranteed, ESPN and NFL Network reported on Tuesday.

Ward, 29, had two years left on a five-year, $100.5 million contract extension signed in 2022, though it includes no further guaranteed money. He will earn $31.1 million annually, making him the highest-paid defensive back in league history for the second time in his career.

Cleveland selected Delpit in the second round of the 2020 NFL Draft out of LSU.

Delpit totaled 89 tackles, three sacks, four tackles for loss, seven quarterback hits, one interception, four passes defensed, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries in 17 games (16 starts) last season.

For his career, Delpit has 451 tackles, seven interceptions, 6.5 sacks, 25 tackles for loss, 17 QB hits, 21 passes defensed, three forced fumbles and four fumble recoveries in 78 games (68 starts) since 2021.

–Field Level Media