MIAMI -AP- Jose Fernandez pitched seven scoreless innings to help theMiami Marlins beat Gerrit Cole and the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-1 on Tuesday night.Christian Yelich had a tiebreaking RBI single in the seventh, J.T. Realmuto had three hits for the Marlins, and A.J. Ramos pitched a shaky ninth for his 16th save.Miami's Ichiro Suzuki had two hits to tie Sam Crawford for 31st on MLB's all-time hit list with 2,963. 
Fernandez (8-2) struck out six and gave up three hits while throwing 62 of 88 pitches for strikes. He improved to 22-1 at home and lowered his season ERA to 2.53.Cole (5-4) allowed three runs and nine hits in 6 1/3 innings. He struck out four and walked two.Ramos loaded the bases in the ninth with no outs. Gregory Polanco, who hit a grand slam in Monday's 10-0 win, hit a sacrifice fly to deep center field to cut the deficit to 3-1.Ramos then struck out Jung Ho Kang and Starling Marte flied out to end the game with two runners on.The Marlins broke a scoreless tie with three runs in the seventh inning. Suzuki and Realmuto singled with one out before Yelich's base hit to right scored Suzuki.A wild pitch by Cole allowed Realmuto to score and Justin Bour's groundout extended the lead to 3-0.Fernandez was in complete control allowing only one baserunner in scoring position.Cole got out of a bases loaded jam with one out in the sixth whenChris Johnson lined out to second and Adeiny Hechavarria hit a soft fly ball to right field.HURDLE STILL MARVELINGPirates manager Clint Hurdle was thoroughly impressed the day after Monday's 10-0 win."All in all that may have been the best game I've ever watched in a Pirates uniform," Hurdle said before Tuesday's game. ".The ability for us to defend the way we did, the ability for Jeff (Locke) to pitch the way he did, and the ability for us to maintain dominance in the box the way we did last night -- all of those three facets played out incredibly well for me."
Fernandez (8-2) struck out six and gave up three hits while throwing 62 of 88 pitches for strikes. He improved to 22-1 at home and lowered his season ERA to 2.53.Cole (5-4) allowed three runs and nine hits in 6 1/3 innings. He struck out four and walked two.Ramos loaded the bases in the ninth with no outs. Gregory Polanco, who hit a grand slam in Monday's 10-0 win, hit a sacrifice fly to deep center field to cut the deficit to 3-1.Ramos then struck out Jung Ho Kang and Starling Marte flied out to end the game with two runners on.The Marlins broke a scoreless tie with three runs in the seventh inning. Suzuki and Realmuto singled with one out before Yelich's base hit to right scored Suzuki.A wild pitch by Cole allowed Realmuto to score and Justin Bour's groundout extended the lead to 3-0.Fernandez was in complete control allowing only one baserunner in scoring position.Cole got out of a bases loaded jam with one out in the sixth whenChris Johnson lined out to second and Adeiny Hechavarria hit a soft fly ball to right field.HURDLE STILL MARVELINGPirates manager Clint Hurdle was thoroughly impressed the day after Monday's 10-0 win."All in all that may have been the best game I've ever watched in a Pirates uniform," Hurdle said before Tuesday's game. ".The ability for us to defend the way we did, the ability for Jeff (Locke) to pitch the way he did, and the ability for us to maintain dominance in the box the way we did last night -- all of those three facets played out incredibly well for me."
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