Stowers homers twice, drives in 5 runs to power the Marlins past the Phillies 12-4

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kyle Stowers homered twice and drove in five runs and the Miami Marlins avoided a series sweep with a 12-4 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday.

Stowers hit a two-run homer in the first inning off Phillies starter Andrew Painter, then a solo homer in the sixth for his seventh of the season. He added an RBI double in the second and a run-scoring single in the eighth.

Owen Cassie led off the second inning with his seventh homer of the season after the Phillies had tied the game at 2. It keyed a four-run second inning that included RBI singles from Liam Hicks and Xavier Edwards.

Joe Mack’s two-run homer was his third of the season, leading to a four-run sixth inning for Miami. Jakob Marsee hit his fourth home run of the season in the ninth.

Mack scored three times, and Esteury Ruiz doubled twice and scored two runs.

Sandy Alcantara (7-4) pitched six innings, allowing four runs (two earned). He scattered eight hits, walked one and struck out six, settling in after allowing two runs in each of the first two innings.

Michael Petersen, Tyler Zuber and John King each threw a scoreless inning of relief.

Painter (1-8) continued to struggle. The touted rookie allowed six runs in two innings to raise his ERA to 7.06. He has allowed 14 home runs in 14 starts.

After the game, Painter was optioned to Triple-A Lehigh Valley.

Brandon Marsh and Alec Bohm hit RBI singles in the first inning for the Phillies. Trea Turner, who returned after missing one game with a bruised right wrist, had three hits.

Marlins: Begin a three-game series Friday at home against San Francisco. Starters had not been announced.

Phillies: Host the Mets for the division rivals’ first meeting of the season. Philly RHP Aaron Nola (3-4, 5.86 ERA) will start against New York LHP Sean Manaea (1-2, 4.78) on Thursday.

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Philadelphia Phillies shortstop Trea Turner fields a gounder by Miami Marlins' Jakob Marsee during the sixth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, June 17, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Miami Marlins' Otto Lopez hits an RBI-sacrifice fly against Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Tanner Banks during the sixth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, June 17, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Miami Marlins' Joe Mack follows through after hitting a two-run home run against Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Tanner Banks during the sixth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, June 17, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Miami Marlins' Esteury Ruiz, right, scores past Philadelphia Phillies catcher Garrett Stubbs on a sacrifice fly by Otto Lopez during the sixth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, June 17, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Miami Marlins' Kyle Stowers follows through after hitting a run-scoring single against Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Orion Kerkering during the eighth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, June 17, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

CAIRO (AP) — The interim deal reached by the United States and Iran to end their war will reopen the Strait of Hormuz and bring the two adversaries back to the negotiating table over Tehran’s nuclear program. It will also give Iran an immediate benefit, allowing it to sell its oil freely again, according to details released by both countries.

Besides the new oil revenue for Iran, the two sides are more or less back where they were 3½ months ago — before Israel and the U.S. on Feb. 28 launched their war on Iran, which has left thousands dead across the region, triggered a global energy crisis and shaken the American economy.

Iran and the U.S. will enter a 60-day period of negotiations, and hanging over them will be the question of whether U.S. President Donald Trump can wrest a better deal than the 2015 nuclear accord he scuttled eight years ago.

Here’s what to know based on details released by U.S. officials and Iranian state media:

Trump and Vice President JD Vance signed the agreement digitally over the weekend and Trump signed a physical copy Wednesday while dining with French President Emmanuel Macron in the Palace of Versailles.

In Tehran, a stone-faced President Masoud Pezeshkian signed the deal on behalf of Iran, according to the state-run IRNA news agency, which posted an image of him holding up the deal with his signature and Trump’s.

Under the agreement, the Strait of Hormuz will reopen and the U.S. will lift its blockade of Iranian ports, which should push gas prices down. Passage through the waterway will be toll-free for only 60 days, and the deal doesn't preclude fees in future, according to U.S. officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity to read details of the draft, which has not yet been officially released by Washington.

Iran’s closure of the strait, through which around a fifth of the world’s traded oil supplies transited toward the open ocean before the war started, proved perhaps its strongest weapon. It drove up global fuel prices, made food and other basics like fertilizer more expensive, and helped push U.S. inflation to 4% ahead of this fall's midterm elections.

The deal immediately waives, but doesn't eliminate, sanctions that Trump imposed on Iran’s oil exports, allowing it once again sell its crude on the world market and restoring a revenue stream worth billions.

Last year, Iran earned an estimated $45 billion from oil sales. But it had only one major buyer, China, and had to ship its crude through a shadow fleet of tankers to elude sanctions, eating into its profits. Under the blockade since April, its exports have nearly ground to a halt.

With the waiver, Iran will likely be able to find more customers and sell its oil for higher market prices.

The draft agreement includes language on Iran’s highly enriched uranium, calling for it to be “downblended” to a lower purity under supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency, without elaborating. But negotiations on the particulars of Tehran's nuclear program still lie ahead.

Trump withdrew from the previous nuclear deal in 2018, saying it gave a huge windfall to Iran and calling it “the worst deal ever.” But the interim deal outlines even more lucrative incentives for Iran if it reaches a new agreement with the U.S. on its nuclear program.

One is the eventual lifting of all international sanctions, which would seem to go further than the 2015 accord. That agreement lifted sanctions related to Iran’s nuclear program but kept others in place over what the U.S. alleged were Tehran's support for terrorism and rights abuses.

The interim pact also promises a $300 billion fund for reconstruction of Iran’s war damage. Vance has said Gulf Arab nations would invest that amount. But Gulf countries would likely be reluctant to help Iran after Iranian attacks in the war destroyed oil facilities and other sites in their territory.

Trump reiterated Wednesday that the U.S. would not contribute and said it was up to other countries if they wanted to invest.

To give a sense of the extraordinary scale of the fund, the World Bank estimates that Syria, after 13 years of destructive civil war, needs $215 billion for reconstruction; the Gaza Strip, largely flattened in two years of war between Israel and Hamas, needs $53 billion.

The deal also promises to unfreeze billions of dollars worth of Iranian assets held abroad during the negotiations under a procedure the two sides will work out, according to the text provided by U.S. officials.

The Trump administration said its war aims were to “obliterate” Iran's missile arsenal, “sever its support” for proxies in the region, “annihilate its navy” and ensure it never acquires a nuclear weapon.

The seven weeks of U.S.-Israeli bombardment are believed to have heavily damaged Iran’s missile arsenal and production facilities as well as other parts of its military. How heavily isn't known, though, and Iran continued to fire on Israel as recently as last week. Meanwhile, Iran’s ties with its militant proxies — Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Houthis in Yemen and Shiite militias in Iraq — appear strong as ever.

Neither the missile issue nor Iran’s support for its allies appears to be on the table in the upcoming negotiations. The interim deal only specifies that the talks will focus on Iran’s nuclear program.

The deal calls for an end to the war in Lebanon, where Israel has been fighting Hezbollah.

However, Israel and Hezbollah aren't parties to the agreement. Iran insists Israel must withdraw from the large swath of southern Lebanon it has occupied since March, but the interim deal doesn't explicitly require that and only affirms a commitment to ensuring Lebanon's “territorial integrity.”

Israel has vowed to keep its troops in the zone, while Hezbollah says it is committed to resisting Israel “until full withdrawal is achieved.” If fighting spirals, it could derail the U.S.-Iran deal unless the two countries can rein in their respective allies.

Israel was squeezed out of the negotiations with Iran, and Israelis from across the political spectrum have called the deal a disaster, directing their fury at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Trump, meanwhile, has grown more scathing in his displeasure with Netanyahu, even describing him as “crazy.” During the negotiations with Iran, Trump was furious over Israel’s strikes in Beirut, warning they could jeopardize an agreement.

In France on Tuesday, Trump said at the annual G7 summit that “without the U.S., there would be no Israel,” and added that Netanyahu “has to be more responsible with respect to Lebanon.”

Netanyahu is left in a precarious situation ahead of national elections later this year. His relationship with Trump may require downscaling a military campaign in Lebanon that is widely popular in Israel.

Meanwhile, Israel’s arch-nemesis, Iran, would emerge from the war seemingly bolder.

The Islamic Republic survived the most serious attempt ever by Israel and the United States to topple it, despite their thundering opening volleys of the war that killed Iran’s supreme leader and other top officials. And Iran demonstrated its ability to retaliate economically by shutting down the strait and striking U.S. Arab allies in the Gulf, giving Tehran confidence that Trump won't seek a return to war.

The 2015 agreement negotiated by the Obama administration severely limited Iran’s nuclear program for 15 years. During that period, Iran could only enrich uranium to a low level, 3.67%, which is far below the 90% needed for a weapon. It could only stockpile 300 kilograms of the material and had to sharply reduce its centrifuges carrying out enrichment. It was also put under stricter inspections by the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog agency.

One main criticism was the 15-year time limit, after which opponents said Iran would be able to quickly ramp up its ability to produce a bomb.

A key question now will be whether the U.S. can win stricter limits on Iran’s program for a longer term. The United States wants Iran to give up or dilute its stockpile of highly enriched uranium, which Iran developed in retaliation after Trump pulled out of the 2015 accord.

Even if Iran agrees to that, it is almost certain to demand the right to rebuild its enrichment program at lower levels, for what it insists are peaceful purposes.

Associated Press reporters Michelle L. Price and Matthew Lee in Washington contributed.

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at the G7 summit, Wednesday, June 17, 2026, in Evian-les-Bains, France. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

People returning to their village following the announcement of an initial ceasefire agreement between the United States and Iran, check a car at a destroyed market shop in Nabatiyeh town, southern Lebanon, Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Tankers and cargo vessels are seen in the Gulf of Oman, along shipping routes linking the Strait of Hormuz and the Arabian Sea, Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (AP Photo)

A woman waves an Iranian flag during a pro-government campaign under a portrait of the slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in U.S. and Israeli strikes on Feb. 28, in downtown Tehran, Iran, Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

People who return to their village following the announcement of an initial ceasefire agreement between the United States and Iran, gather with journalists at a destroyed street in Beer al-Salassel, south Lebanon, Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

In this photo released by the Pakistan Prime Minister Office, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif speaks on the U.S.'s conflict with Iran, during a assembly session in the parliament in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, June 15, 2026. (Pakistan Prime Minister Office via AP)

A woman waves an Iranian flag during a pro-government campaign as a portrait of the slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in U.S. and Israeli strikes on Feb. 28, is displayed at rear, in downtown Tehran, Iran, Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

A woman walks past an anti-American mural on the wall of the former U.S. Embassy, now a museum, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)