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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 thats 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. It was the fastest one in the majors this season, according to STATS. Miami second baseman Ed Lucas had three hits in his season debut after recovering from a broken left hand, and Marcell Ozuna hit a two-run single for the Marlins. Fernandez (4-1) was dominant against the NL East leaders for the second time in a week, lowering his ERA to 1.59. He struck out eight and walked two, and hasnt allowed an earned run in 23 innings over his last three starts. The right-handers numbers are eye-popping going back to early in his rookie season. Fernandez is 14-4 with a 1.52 ERA in 24 starts since June 1, with 190 strikeouts against 45 walks in 160 innings. "Same as last time -- hes good every time," Atlantas Freddie Freeman said. Braves starter Alex Wood (2-4) allowed seven runs and 10 hits, leaving after facing four batters without getting an out in the sixth. Wood and Fernandez had a memorable duel last week, combining for 25 strikeouts and no walks in what became a 1-0 Miami win that lasted 2 hours, 8 minutes. This time, Fernandez -- who got booed by some in the crowd after not running out a sharp grounder to shortstop leading off the third -- needed only one run again. Miami just happened to give him eight more for good measure. The runs came in bunches during the rematch, with Miami scoring three in the third and five more in the sixth to blow it open. "We have to figure out how to beat Fernandez," Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "Not everybody is Cy Young, and you still have to beat Cy Young every once in a while." Stanton went the opposite way for a two-run homer to right in the third inning, and Ozunas single in the sixth was enough to chase Wood. Fernandez even added a run-scoring single later in the sixth, and Saltalamacchia connected off Braves reliever Anthony Varvaro in the seventh. The Braves had only three right-handed batters in the starting lineup against Fernandez, looking for any way to break through against him. It was evident early that little was going to work. Fernandez needed only 17 pitches to get his first seven outs, and ended two innings with a pair of knee-buckling 83 mph off-speed offerings. Fernandez was even solid in the field, keeping the game scoreless with a nifty play to end the third. He came hard off the mound to field Ramiro Penas chopper that stopped halfway up the third base line, then faked a throw to first -- which baited the Braves Tyler Pastornicky into taking off from third base. Fernandez simply flipped the ball to Saltalamacchia, who put the tag on a sliding Pastornicky and kept the game scoreless. By the time Fernandez returned to the mound, he had a 3-0 lead and was rolling. Fernandez said he and Saltalamacchia had a quick pregame meeting to go over strategy and came up with the following plan: Whatever Miamis catcher called, Fernandez would throw. Redmond said he considered letting Fernandez finish the game, but with a nine-run lead the manager didnt want to take any risks in the ninth. 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Although its too early to declare a winner in this friendly competition, this much is certain: The real losers are the opposing quarterbacks.When you get a sack, its a big momentum-boost for the defence and a drive-killer for the offence, Dumervil said. The more sacks we get, the better chance our team has to win. Its good for the Ravens, for sure.Dumervil is tied for the NFL lead with a single-season franchise record 17 sacks. After getting 2 1/2 in a 20-12 win over Jacksonville on Sunday, Suggs upped his total to 11.No other tandem in the NFL has more. A year ago, Suggs beat Dumervil 10 sacks to 9 1/2.When youve got two guys on the same defence like that, you cant do anything but get better, Suggs said. Youd better raise your game, otherwise, hell start to pull away from you.Suggs has tied a franchise record by getting a sack in five straight games. He has 7 1/2 sacks over that span, and will shoot for the record on Sunday in Houston.With Suggs and Dumervil leading the way, Baltimore has 45 sacks — third-most in the NFL behind only Buffalo and Philadelphia. Thats one reason why the Ravens (9-5) are in the thick of the AFC North title chase and stand tied atop the wild-card standings.In preparation for facing the Ravens on Sunday, Houston coach Bill OBrien has been watching off film of Dumervil, Suggs, Pernell McPhee (5 1/2 sacks) and rookie Timmy Jernigan (four).ddddddddddddThey have a very dynamic pass rush, a lot of different players that can rush the passer, OBrien said. They do a really good job with their blitz scheme. Its a big challenge for us. Well be working on it right up until game time.Given that the Ravens have a half-dozen cornerbacks on injured reserve and own the NFLs 30th-ranked pass defence, putting pressure on the quarterback is an absolute must.The pass rush is always really important. Its a strength of ours, obviously, coach John Harbaugh said. We have to play to that strength.Dumervil believes a strong rush makes the defensive backfield better, and tight coverage helps guys up front in their quest to get to the quarterback.I always say it works hand-in-hand — rush and coverage, coverage and rush, he explained. Sometimes we get cover sacks and sometimes we get pressure sacks. As a rusher, man, you need the guys back there to cover. Everything has to go perfect. Thats why a sack is so sacred.Playing in place of suspended Haloti Ngata, Jernigan got two sacks last week. Hes too inexperienced to get involved in a competition with Suggs and Dumervil, but isnt too young to listen and observe.Its an honour for me to be able to play with those guys and learn from them, Jernigan said. From the day I got here, they taught me a lot.Suggs is having an outstanding season, but hes going to need a flurry of sacks to catch Dumervil.Hes been playing phenomenal, but the same can be said of our front seven all year, Suggs said. Were all kind of getting after it, and its pretty good.___AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.orgm and www.twitter.com/AP_NFL ' ' '