MIAMI -- Jose Urena got off to a fast start and finished with the best start of his career.Urena pitched 8 2/3 innings of four-hit ball, leading the Miami Marlins to a 3-0 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday.When you get quick outs early in the game, that helps you more and you can get more deep in the game, Urena said. You just have to be aggressive and go after the hitters.Urena (4-6) retired the first 14 batters he faced.We hadnt seen that curve ball all year, Marlins manager Don Mattingly said. He had depth on that and the movement was good. It was a pretty stress-free game for him.He struck out four and walked none while throwing 71 of 108 pitches for strikes. It was by far the longest appearance of his 45 major league games.Youve got to give Urena credit, the kid threw the ball well, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. It doesnt matter how well were swinging or what happened yesterday, he threw the ball well. He did his job.The 24-year-old Urena was lifted after giving up a base hit to Josh Reddick with two outs in the ninth. A.J. Ramos got the final out for his 34th save in 37 chances.It seemed like his pitches were getting flatter and up in the zone, and we didnt want to put A.J. in a situation where he couldnt make one bad pitch, Mattingly said.Christian Yelich had two hits and drove in a run for the Marlins, who have won three of four. Justin Bour also drove in a run.The Dodgers lost two of three in the series. Their NL West lead was trimmed to three games by San Francisco, which swept Arizona with a 5-3 victory.Miami won six of seven in the season series.They had our number this year, Roberts said.Los Angeles right-hander Kenta Maeda (14-9) allowed three runs, two earned, and eight hits in six innings. Maeda had won six of his previous seven decisions.I didnt think I was pitching well the first three innings, Maeda said through an interpreter. I think a lot of the balls were hit well were at guys so in general I didnt really feel I had a good feel.The Dodgers put two on with one out in the seventh, but Urena got Yasmani Grandal to ground into a double play.The Marlins jumped ahead with two runs in the fourth inning. Ichiro Suzuki, Martin Prado, and Yelich hit consecutive singles for the first run and Bour followed with a sacrifice fly.Yelichs single to right in the sixth led to another run when Reddick misplayed the ball in right field and shortstop Corey Seagers relay throw to third base was off line, ending up in the stands. Prado was awarded home and Yelich ended up on third base after the two errors.Dodgers outfielder Andre Ethier made his first start of the season after making a pinch-hit appearance on Sunday. Ethier, who was out with a broken right leg, went 0 for 3.SHUTOUT DROUGHT CONTINUESThe Marlins have not had a pitcher toss a shutout since Henderson Alvarez accomplished the feat against Tampa Bay on June 3, 2014. Its the longest current drought in the majors.I was working hard to get the complete game, but I knew if I let somebody on base (in the ninth) I would be out of the game, Urena said.NICE PLAYMarlins second baseman Dee Gordon showed off his glove in the sixth inning, snagging a hard grounder hit by Chase Utley, falling to the ground and spinning before throwing out Utley at first.TRAINERS ROOMMarlins: RHP David Phelps (left oblique strain) was reinstated from the 15-day disabled list. Phelps, who has not pitched since Aug. 26, started in his last five appearances after coming out of the bullpen for his first 50. 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Now, with Game 6 set for Fenway Park and an 8:07 p.m. ET first pitch, the Detroit Tigers face the unenviable task of having to beat the Boston Red Sox twice, on the road, to advance to the World Series.Oregons first road game of the season will include a Sea of Red as a sellout crowd of over 87,000 will be on hand to welcome the No. 22 Ducks, who take on the Nebraska Cornhuskers on Saturday afternoon at Memorial Stadium. There also will be a very familiar face pacing on the opposing sidelines.Mike Riley is in his second season at Nebraska (2-0) after serving 14 seasons as head coach at Oregon State. Riley went 4-10 in Civil War battles with Oregon (2-0) but lost his final seven games against the Ducks including a 47-19 loss on Nov. 29, 2014, five days before he left for Nebraska.Nebraska leads Oregon 5-1 in the all-time series, with the two teams last meeting in 1986, a 48-14 Cornhuskers victory.Now Riley gets another shot at trying to cause the Ducks some misery.That is bizarre, Oregon coach Mark Helfrich said of having to face his old rival again. We were talking about that when Coach Riley took the Nebraska job, that would have been the office pool of all office pools on that one.Helfrich is 2-0 against Riley, beating Oregon State during his first two seasons as coach: 36-35 on a Josh Huff touchdown catch with 29 seconds remaining in 2013, and then the 47-19 blowout in 2014.Riley is off to a 2-0 start at Nebraska this season, the Huskers outscoring a pair of middle of the road Mountain West Conference teams in Fresno State (43-10) and Wyoming (52-17) by a combined 95-27. But this is the contest that many of the folks in Lincoln have been waiting for to see just how good the Cornhuskers can be in 2016.With coach Riley being here, there is a bunch of hype about playing them and I want to play well for myself and my team and staff, but we all agree this is like any other game, Nebraska quarterback Tommy Armstrong said. We need to make sure to prepare the right way and dont let the hype get to our heads and lose focus on the bigger goal, which is to go out and win the game.Theyve done a fantastic job, theyre rolling, two huge victories, Helfrich said. Huge ddifferential on the turnovers, two games that kind of hinged on a five-minute span.ddddddddddddOregons defense is allowing 27 points per game in wins over UC Davis, a FCS school, and Virginia, which opened the season with a loss to FCS Richmond.This is a little different football team, Oregons new defensive coordinator Brady Hoke said of the Cornhuskers.Oregon allowed 193 rushing yards to Virginia, but that included minus-51 yards on sacks. The Cavaliers three running backs ran 31 times for 220 yards, an average of more than seven per carry.There were still too many runs that got out there, Hoke said. Part of it is tackling and part of it is fitting the defense the right way. There were too many runs that were eight-plus that we have to take way.Oregons offense looks as good as usual with an average of 48.5 points through two weeks.New quarterback Dakota Prukop, a senior transfer from Montana State, is completing 68.9 percent of his passes for an average of 301 yards per game with six touchdowns. Running back Royce Freeman is averaging 147 yards per game on the ground. And explosive wide receiver Devon Allen, who got a late start to the season after finishing fifth in the 110-meter hurdles at the Olympics, had four catches for 141 yards, including a 77-yard touchdown, against Virginia.The big question is how will the Ducks handle a raucous road environment for the first time this season?Theyre a really good football team, veteran quarterback, veteran line, a bunch of skill guys that have been around for a long time, Helfrich said. Then defensively, special teams, a lot of schemes that weve seen for many years. Theyve done a great job for a long time. The biggest thing in dealing with any environment is us, just our mindset going on the road. Its a great environment, an awesome college football venue. Our job is to take care of us. ' ' '
