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Jose makes Pirates sweat, then sweats it out
- Updated: June 1, 2016
MIAMI — No matter if he is on the mound or watching from the dugout, Jose Fernandez’s emotions range from carefree and loose to total intensity and in control.
Matched against hard-throwing Gerrit Cole on Tuesday night, the 23-year-old needed to be locked in, and he was in the Marlins’ 3-1 win over the Pirates in a brilliant pitchers’ duel.
On point, Fernandez scattered three hits and struck out six over seven shutout innings. For the first time in 11 starts, he didn’t walk a batter.
But victory wasn’t that simple. In the ninth inning, the right-hander watched closer A.J. Ramos enter with a three-run lead, but load the bases with no outs. Ramos ended up allowing just one run.
“It’s always fun to see the guys battling,” Fernandez said. “To have that feeling in the dugout, you’re wanting to go out and compete and give everything we have.”
Ramos secured the save, his 16th in as many chances, by getting Starling Marte on a lazy fly ball to right.
“I’m with A.J., no matter what,” Fernandez said. “He’s proven it to me. He’s proven it to this team. Whatever it is, …
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