MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (Interstat) — The Miami Marlins rallied from a six-run deficit Wednesday afternoon to defeat the Philadelphia Phillies 8-6 at loanDepot Park, completing a three-game sweep and climbing within two games of .500.

Miami scored three runs in the fifth inning, three more in the seventh and two in the eighth to erase a 6-0 Phillies lead. The Marlins improved to 55-54, while the Phillies dropped to 57-52.

Philadelphia struck first in the third inning. Justin Crawford singled and Edmundo Sosa followed with a single before Trea Turner’s groundout advanced both runners. Bryson Stott doubled to left field, scoring Crawford and Sosa to give the Phillies a 2-0 lead.

The Phillies added a run in the fourth. J.T. Realmuto walked, Brandon Marsh singled and Bryan De La Cruz lifted a sacrifice fly to right field, scoring Realmuto to make it 3-0.

Philadelphia broke the game open in the fifth. Turner led off with a home run to left-center, his 15th of the season. Bryson Stott walked, and Bryce Harper tripled to right field to score Stott. Alec Bohm singled to center, scoring Harper to extend the lead to 6-0.

Miami answered in the bottom of the fifth. Esteury Ruiz doubled, Brian Navarreto was hit by a pitch, and Jakob Marsee sacrificed both runners into scoring position. Otto Lopez grounded out to shortstop, scoring Ruiz. Heriberto Hernández then homered to left-center, scoring Navarreto and cutting the lead to 6-3.

Neither team scored in the sixth, but the Marlins tied the game in the seventh. Ruiz singled, and after Navarreto popped out, Marsee walked. Otto Lopez singled to center, scoring Ruiz and moving Marsee to second. After Hernández popped out, Liam Hicks walked to load the bases. Xavier Edwards then lined a single to left, scoring Marsee and Lopez to knot the game at 6-6.

The Marlins took the lead in the eighth. Kyle Stowers walked, and after Ruiz struck out, Griffin Conine hit a two-run home run to center field, scoring Stowers and giving Miami an 8-6 advantage.

Pete Fairbanks pitched a scoreless ninth inning to record his 15th save of the season, striking out Justin Crawford and retiring Edmundo Sosa and Trea Turner on flyouts.

Marlins starter Ryan Gusto allowed six runs on nine hits over five innings, striking out three. Dax Fulton threw two scoreless innings of relief, allowing no hits and striking out one. Tyler Zuber, who pitched the eighth inning, earned the win, improving to 1-1.

Phillies starter Jesús Luzardo took a no-decision after leaving with the lead. Jonathan Bowlan, who entered in the seventh inning, allowed three runs on two hits and two walks in one inning, taking the loss to fall to 2-1.

Key contributors for Miami included Edwards, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI; Hernández, who went 1-for-4 with a home run and two RBI; Ruiz, who went 2-for-4; and Lopez, who finished 2-for-5 with two RBI. Conine’s two-run homer proved decisive.

For Philadelphia, Turner went 2-for-5 with a home run and two runs scored. Stott doubled and drove in two runs. Harper tripled and scored once. Bohm singled and drove in a run. Crawford had two hits and scored a run.

Defensively, the Marlins turned three double plays, including a key inning-ending double play in the top of the sixth. The Phillies challenged a tag play in the bottom of the sixth that resulted in Kyle Stowers being called out on strikes and Javier Sanoja caught stealing third.

The game was played in front of 14,350 fans and lasted 2 hours, 29 minutes.

The sweep extended a trend of close, high-scoring contests between the two clubs. Monday’s series opener saw the Phillies lose 8-7, and Tuesday’s game ended 1-0 in favor of Miami.

Philadelphia, which had won three of its previous four games before arriving in Miami, now heads to Baltimore for a three-game series beginning Friday. The Marlins travel to New York for a four-game set against the Mets starting Thursday.

Miami’s comeback marked the largest deficit overcome by the Marlins this season. The Phillies had not lost a game in which they led by six runs since a July 10 defeat at Detroit.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Philadelphia 3, Miami 1. Interstat’s ELO system gave the Phillies a 53.90 percent probability to win. Philadelphia entered as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus-1.5. The total of 14 runs went under the over/under line of 8.