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Sweeney's first homer helps Phillies beat Marlins

MIAMI - The nature of Darnell Sweeney's first major-league hit was especially fitting, given the player he was traded for just three nights prior.

Although it wasn't a grand slam like Chase Utley's first hit in April 2003, Sweeney's pinch-hit solo shot helped spark the Phillies' come-from-behind, 4-2 win over the Miami Marlins on Saturday. The estimated 445-foot home run at Marlins Park scored the first of the team's two, two-out runs that tied the game in the eighth inning.

Aaron Altherr and Darin Ruf smacked back-to-back solo home runs in the ninth off A.J. Ramos to give the Phillies the lead.