Watch: Lively becomes 1st Phillies pitcher to hit HR in 2 years

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Jennifer Stewart / Reuters

Eat your heart out Chad Billingsley.

On Saturday night, pitcher Ben Lively became the first Philadelphia Phillies pitcher to hit a home run in more than two years when he took Arizona Diamondbacks left-hander Robbie Ray deep to right-center field, breaking a drought that had persisted ever since Billingsley went deep on May 10, 2015.

The 25-year-old Lively also became the youngest Phillies pitcher to hit a dinger since Jeff Juden in 1995, according to ESPN Stats & Info.

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