PHILADELPHIA (Interstat) — Kyle Stowers homered twice and drove in five runs, lifting the Miami Marlins to a 12-4 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday afternoon at Citizens Bank Park.

Stowers, who went 4 for 5 with two home runs and a double, powered an offense that collected 13 hits and scored in five different innings. The Marlins snapped a two-game losing streak and avoided a three-game sweep after dropping the first two games of the series by a combined 15-2 margin.

Sandy Alcantara earned the win for Miami, improving to 7-4. He pitched six innings, allowing eight hits and two earned runs while striking out six. Alcantara worked through early traffic and kept the Phillies from building on a two-run first inning.

Andrew Painter took the loss for Philadelphia, falling to 1-8. The Phillies right-hander struggled from the outset, yielding six runs on six hits over two-plus innings.

The Marlins jumped on Painter in the first inning. After Liam Hicks struck out and Otto Lopez walked, Stowers launched a two-run homer to right field, his sixth of the season, giving Miami a 2-0 lead.

Philadelphia answered in the bottom half against Alcantara. Trea Turner singled and stole second, then scored on a single by Brandon Marsh. Alec Bohm followed with a single that drove in Bryce Harper, tying the game at 2.

Miami seized control in the second. Owen Caissie led off with a solo homer to right-center, his seventh. After Jakob Marsee struck out and Joe Mack walked, Esteury Ruiz doubled to put runners at second and third. Hicks singled to drive in Mack, and then Stowers doubled to left, scoring Ruiz and sending Hicks to third. Xavier Edwards followed with a run-scoring single, stretching the lead to 6-2.

The Phillies trimmed the deficit in the second. Justin Crawford singled and later scored on a fielder’s choice. A pair of errors — a missed catch by shortstop Otto Lopez and a missed catch by first baseman Stowers — allowed another run to cross. Brandon Marsh’s lineout scored Garrett Stubbs, making it 6-4. Alcantara escaped further damage by getting Alec Bohm to ground out.

Both teams went scoreless through the next three innings. Alcantara settled in, retiring nine of 10 batters from the third through the fifth. The Marlins added four runs in the sixth to break the game open.

Jakob Marsee reached on a fielding error by shortstop Trea Turner. Joe Mack then hit a two-run homer to right-center, his third, giving Miami an 8-4 lead. Ruiz followed with his second double of the game, moved to third on a sacrifice bunt by Hicks and scored on a sacrifice fly by Lopez. Stowers then homered again, a solo shot to right-center, his seventh, making it 10-4.

The Marlins tacked on a run in the eighth. Stowers singled to drive in Mack, who had been hit by a pitch. In the ninth, Marsee hit a solo homer to right field, his fourth.

Philadelphia managed only a double by Turner in the ninth, but Rafael Marchán struck out to end the game.

Miami’s bullpen delivered four scoreless innings. John King, Michael Petersen and Tyler Zuber combined to allow two hits and strike out six. Petersen struck out the side in the eighth.

The Marlins improved to 37-38. The Phillies fell to 40-34.

Attendance was 37,591. The game lasted 2 hours, 48 minutes.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Philadelphia 7, Miami 6, with the Phillies holding a 62.00 percent probability to win according to the ELO system. Miami had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus-1.5. The 16 total runs went under the over/under line of 9.