Miami Marlins starting pitcher Jose Fernandez throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves, Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Miami.MIAMI – Jose Fernandez got booed for not running out a grounder, and felt a tiny twinge of disappointment about not getting a chance to finish off what could have been his first complete game.
Everything else for the Miami Marlins’ young ace went perfectly once again Tuesday night.
Fernandez allowed two hits in eight stellar innings, Giancarlo Stanton hit a two-run homer and the Marlins opened a homestand by beating the Atlanta Braves 9-0 on Tuesday night.
“Jose did a great job,” Marlins manager Mike Redmond said. “We needed him to go out there and log some big innings, and that’s back-to-back great starts against a great offensive team.”
Jarrod Saltalamacchia also homered for Miami, which had its third-highest run output of the season in a game that took just 2 hours, 7 minutes.