When Jose Fernandez threw a slider for his 14th strikeout to escape a seventh-inning jam, he spun on the mound, pumped his arms, screamed, pounded his glove, screamed some more and yanked at his jersey as though trying to tear it off. Fernandez tied his career high for strikeouts and outpitched a resurgent Matt Harvey to help the Miami Marlins avert a series sweep by beating the shorthanded New York Mets 1-0 Sunday. ''The fans - that was for them,'' Fernandez said.
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