PHOENIX -- The crowd at Chase Field could see how dominant Jose Fernandez was. So could the players in both dugouts.
The Miami ace retired the first 17 batters he faced.
He seemed to have the kind of stuff Saturday night that pitchers have when they throw a no-hitter, maybe even a perfect game.
"I was thinking about it," Fernandez said. "Everybody was thinking about it."
Then, unexpectedly, Arizona's bats came alive.
Michael Bourn homered for the first time in two seasons to start a four-run sixth inning and the Diamondbacks ended Fernandez's streak of eight consecutive victories by beating the Marlins 5-3.
Bourn hadn't homered since July 14, 2014.
"He picked a real good time to do it," Arizona manager Chip Hale said, "against a real good pitcher who had really, really good stuff tonight. It was amazing. Guys just had good at-bat after good at-bat."
Fernandez (9-3) gave up five straight hits and lost for the first time since April 23. The four runs were the most Fernandez has allowed in a game since that loss, a 7-2 defeat at San Francisco.
"Me and Goldy (Paul Goldschmidt) were talking after that inning," Arizona's Jake Lamb said. "It's probably the best half-inning we've had all year."
Fernandez struck out eight with no walks.
"My fastball location was great. I was very happy, very happy with that," he said. "Very happy with the pitch locations. I am very happy about my personal outing, but the team lost so that throws everything away."
Zack Godley (1-0), called up from Triple-A Reno to make the start, gave up two runs on four hits in six innings, with two strikeouts and three walks. Brad Ziegler escaped a ninth-inning jam for his 40th save in a row, 12 of them this year.
Adeiny Hechavarria and Marcell Ozuna homered for the Marlins. Martin Prado had four hits, including a triple.
David Peralta had an RBI triple, Lamb a run-scoring double against Fernandez and Goldschmidt an RBI single off Fernandez.
"Five hits in a row, to get four runs when we easily could have laid down and just took it," Goldschmidt said, "as `Hey, he's got his stuff. What can we do?"
Chris Herrmann homered off Miami reliever Mike Dunn.
In the last week, Arizona has beaten two of the National League's best pitchers -- Fernandez and the Chicago Cubs' Jake Arrieta.
Fernandez's winning streak tied the franchise record set by Chris Hammond in 1993.
He had not allowed more than one run in his previous six starts, and for 5 2/3 innings he was as dominant as he's been all season, mixing a fastball that reached 98 mph with a devastating curve.
But it ended with five straight two-out hits by the Diamondbacks in the sixth. Those five batters scored more runs (four) than Fernandez had allowed in the previous 41 innings combined.
Bourn started it when he hit Fernandez's 1-0 pitch over the right-field fence.
"It was a fastball. I think it was in," Bourn said. "I just tried to get the barrel to it, let his velocity take care of the rest. I was able to do that."
It was just the fourth home run Fernandez has allowed this season. Jean Segura followed with a single.
"It kind of just came apart there," Miami manager Don Mattingly said. "Usually Jose, nothing really bothers him, he continues on but it kind of got away from him there."
Segura scored when Lamb doubled to the right-field fence. Lamb scored on Goldschmidt's single, and Goldschmidt came home when Peralta tripled to deep left-center.
Miami scored in the first.
Derek Dietrich led off with a walk, took third on Prado's single and scored when Christian Yelich grounded out to the pitcher.
Miami made it 2-0 when J.T. Realmuto hit Godley's 1-0 pitch deep into the left-field seats for his third home run of the season.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Diamondbacks: Placed INF/OF Chris Owings on 15-day DL, retroactive to Monday, with plantar fasciitis in left foot.
UP NEXT
Marlins: LHP Adam Conley (3-3, 3.76 ERA) looks to bounce back from a rough outing against Washington as the Marlins go for a three-game sweep in the desert.
Diamondbacks: LHP Robbie Ray (2-5, 5.14 ERA), 0-3 in his last five starts, takes the mound to try to salvage one game of the three-game series.
Miami Marlins
The Miami ace retired the first 17 batters he faced.
He seemed to have the kind of stuff Saturday night that pitchers have when they throw a no-hitter, maybe even a perfect game.
"I was thinking about it," Fernandez said. "Everybody was thinking about it."
Then, unexpectedly, Arizona's bats came alive.
Michael Bourn homered for the first time in two seasons to start a four-run sixth inning and the Diamondbacks ended Fernandez's streak of eight consecutive victories by beating the Marlins 5-3.
Bourn hadn't homered since July 14, 2014.
"He picked a real good time to do it," Arizona manager Chip Hale said, "against a real good pitcher who had really, really good stuff tonight. It was amazing. Guys just had good at-bat after good at-bat."
Fernandez (9-3) gave up five straight hits and lost for the first time since April 23. The four runs were the most Fernandez has allowed in a game since that loss, a 7-2 defeat at San Francisco.
"Me and Goldy (Paul Goldschmidt) were talking after that inning," Arizona's Jake Lamb said. "It's probably the best half-inning we've had all year."
Fernandez struck out eight with no walks.
"My fastball location was great. I was very happy, very happy with that," he said. "Very happy with the pitch locations. I am very happy about my personal outing, but the team lost so that throws everything away."
Zack Godley (1-0), called up from Triple-A Reno to make the start, gave up two runs on four hits in six innings, with two strikeouts and three walks. Brad Ziegler escaped a ninth-inning jam for his 40th save in a row, 12 of them this year.
Adeiny Hechavarria and Marcell Ozuna homered for the Marlins. Martin Prado had four hits, including a triple.
David Peralta had an RBI triple, Lamb a run-scoring double against Fernandez and Goldschmidt an RBI single off Fernandez.
"Five hits in a row, to get four runs when we easily could have laid down and just took it," Goldschmidt said, "as `Hey, he's got his stuff. What can we do?"
Chris Herrmann homered off Miami reliever Mike Dunn.
In the last week, Arizona has beaten two of the National League's best pitchers -- Fernandez and the Chicago Cubs' Jake Arrieta.
Fernandez's winning streak tied the franchise record set by Chris Hammond in 1993.
He had not allowed more than one run in his previous six starts, and for 5 2/3 innings he was as dominant as he's been all season, mixing a fastball that reached 98 mph with a devastating curve.
But it ended with five straight two-out hits by the Diamondbacks in the sixth. Those five batters scored more runs (four) than Fernandez had allowed in the previous 41 innings combined.
Bourn started it when he hit Fernandez's 1-0 pitch over the right-field fence.
"It was a fastball. I think it was in," Bourn said. "I just tried to get the barrel to it, let his velocity take care of the rest. I was able to do that."
It was just the fourth home run Fernandez has allowed this season. Jean Segura followed with a single.
"It kind of just came apart there," Miami manager Don Mattingly said. "Usually Jose, nothing really bothers him, he continues on but it kind of got away from him there."
Segura scored when Lamb doubled to the right-field fence. Lamb scored on Goldschmidt's single, and Goldschmidt came home when Peralta tripled to deep left-center.
Miami scored in the first.
Derek Dietrich led off with a walk, took third on Prado's single and scored when Christian Yelich grounded out to the pitcher.
Miami made it 2-0 when J.T. Realmuto hit Godley's 1-0 pitch deep into the left-field seats for his third home run of the season.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Diamondbacks: Placed INF/OF Chris Owings on 15-day DL, retroactive to Monday, with plantar fasciitis in left foot.
UP NEXT
Marlins: LHP Adam Conley (3-3, 3.76 ERA) looks to bounce back from a rough outing against Washington as the Marlins go for a three-game sweep in the desert.
Diamondbacks: LHP Robbie Ray (2-5, 5.14 ERA), 0-3 in his last five starts, takes the mound to try to salvage one game of the three-game series.
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Miami - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Zack Godley pitching for Arizona | MIA | ARI |
| Dietrich walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Prado singled to center, Dietrich to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Yelich grounded out to pitcher, Dietrich scored, Prado to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Ozuna lined out to center. | 1 | 0 |
| Stanton flied out to center. | 1 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Jose Fernandez pitching for Miami | MIA | ARI |
| Segura flied out to right. | 1 | 0 |
| Lamb struck out looking. | 1 | 0 |
| Goldschmidt struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Zack Godley pitching for Arizona | MIA | ARI |
| Bour grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 0 |
| Realmuto grounded out to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Hechavarría lined out to right. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Jose Fernandez pitching for Miami | MIA | ARI |
| Peralta grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 0 |
| Weeks Jr. flied out to center. | 1 | 0 |
| Herrmann lined out to left. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Zack Godley pitching for Arizona | MIA | ARI |
| Fernández struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| Dietrich grounded out to pitcher. | 1 | 0 |
| Prado reached on infield single to third. | 1 | 0 |
| Yelich walked, Prado to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Ozuna grounded out to second. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Jose Fernandez pitching for Miami | MIA | ARI |
| Ahmed grounded out to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Godley struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| Bourn lined out to left. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Zack Godley pitching for Arizona | MIA | ARI |
| Stanton grounded out to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Bour grounded out to first. | 1 | 0 |
| Realmuto homered to left (426 feet). | 2 | 0 |
| Hechavarría lined out to center. | 2 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Jose Fernandez pitching for Miami | MIA | ARI |
| Segura struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Lamb struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Goldschmidt lined out to third. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Zack Godley pitching for Arizona | MIA | ARI |
| Fernández struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Dietrich flied out to center. | 2 | 0 |
| Prado tripled to deep right. | 2 | 0 |
| Yelich walked. | 2 | 0 |
| Ozuna lined out to third. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Jose Fernandez pitching for Miami | MIA | ARI |
| Peralta grounded out to shortstop. | 2 | 0 |
| Weeks Jr. struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Herrmann struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Zack Godley pitching for Arizona | MIA | ARI |
| Stanton struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Bour lined out to center. | 2 | 0 |
| Realmuto grounded out to third. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Jose Fernandez pitching for Miami | MIA | ARI |
| Ahmed struck out looking. | 2 | 0 |
| Godley grounded out to first. | 2 | 0 |
| Bourn homered to right (402 feet). | 2 | 1 |
| Segura singled to center. | 2 | 1 |
| Lamb doubled to deep right, Segura scored. | 2 | 2 |
| Goldschmidt singled to center, Lamb scored. | 2 | 3 |
| Peralta tripled to deep left center, Goldschmidt scored. | 2 | 4 |
| Weeks Jr. popped out to second. | 2 | 4 |
| 4 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Tyler Clippard pitching for Arizona | MIA | ARI |
| Clippard relieved Godley. | 2 | 4 |
| Tomás in left field. | 2 | 4 |
| Hechavarría flied out to right. | 2 | 4 |
| Suzuki hit for Fernández. | 2 | 4 |
| Suzuki reached on infield single to second. | 2 | 4 |
| Dietrich singled to right, Suzuki to second. | 2 | 4 |
| Prado struck out swinging. | 2 | 4 |
| Yelich grounded out to first. | 2 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Mike Dunn pitching for Miami | MIA | ARI |
| Dunn relieved Fernández. | 2 | 4 |
| Herrmann homered to center (443 feet). | 2 | 5 |
| Ahmed singled to right. | 2 | 5 |
| Tomás struck out looking. | 2 | 5 |
| Bourn lined out to left. | 2 | 5 |
| Segura lined out to third. | 2 | 5 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Daniel Hudson pitching for Arizona | MIA | ARI |
| Hudson relieved Clippard. | 2 | 5 |
| Ozuna homered to left (381 feet). | 3 | 5 |
| Stanton hit by pitch. | 3 | 5 |
| Bour struck out swinging. | 3 | 5 |
| Realmuto safe at first on throwing error by third baseman Lamb, Stanton to second. | 3 | 5 |
| Hechavarría grounded into fielder's choice to third, Realmuto out at second, Stanton to third. | 3 | 5 |
| Gillespie hit for Dunn. | 3 | 5 |
| Gillespie flied out to left. | 3 | 5 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Nick Wittgren pitching for Miami | MIA | ARI |
| Wittgren relieved Dunn. | 3 | 5 |
| Lamb struck out swinging. | 3 | 5 |
| Goldschmidt struck out swinging. | 3 | 5 |
| Peralta struck out looking. | 3 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Brad Ziegler pitching for Arizona | MIA | ARI |
| Ziegler relieved Hudson. | 3 | 5 |
| Dietrich singled to left. | 3 | 5 |
| Prado singled to right, Dietrich to second. | 3 | 5 |
| Rojas ran for Prado. | 3 | 5 |
| Yelich grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Rojas out at second, Dietrich to third. | 3 | 5 |
| Ozuna struck out swinging. | 3 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
Miami Marlins
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dietrich 2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | .298 | .382 | .460 |
| Prado 3B | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .323 | .364 | .409 |
Rojas PR
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .264 | .316 | .319 |
| Yelich LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 18 | .320 | .409 | .502 |
| Ozuna CF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .323 | .368 | .557 |
| Stanton RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .195 | .303 | .421 |
| Bour 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .240 | .309 | .462 |
| Realmuto C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .305 | .335 | .415 |
| Hechavarría SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .243 | .271 | .337 |
| Fernández P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .174 | .208 | .174 |
a-Suzuki PH
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .336 | .389 | .379 |
Dunn P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
b-Gillespie PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .250 | .286 | .375 |
Wittgren P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Totals | 36 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 142 | |||
| a-reached on infield single to second for J Fernandez in the 7th b-flied out to left for M Dunn in the 8th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 3B: Prado (2, Godley) HR: Realmuto (3, 4th inning off Godley 0 on, 2 Out); Ozuna (12, 8th inning off Hudson 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: Yelich (29), Realmuto (16), Ozuna (37) 2-out RBI: Realmuto GIDP: Yelich Marlins RISP: 0-11 (Hechavarría 0-1, Gillespie 0-1, Ozuna 0-4, Stanton 0-1, Yelich 0-3, Prado 0-1) Team LOB: 10 | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Chase Field, Phoenix, AZ |
| Attendance | 33,442 (68.9% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 2:33 |
| Weather | 100 degrees, clear |
| Wind | 10 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Lance Barksdale, First Base - Angel Hernandez, Second Base - Will Little, Third Base - Ted Barrett |
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