He is 17-0 at Marlins Park, which only partially tells the story of Jose Fernandez's imposing ways. The Marlins right-hander was to start for Miami in Wednesday's game (4:55 p.m.) against the Tigers at Marlins Park. It's the second game of a two-game series that saw the Tigers win, 8-7, in 11 innings Tuesday in each team's 2016 regular-season opener.
Fernandez is a 6-foot-3, 240-pound fireballer who's unbeaten home record is adorned by other numbers, equally gaudy: 1.40 ERA, 0.90 WHIP, and 192 strikeouts in 167 innings.
He will be working against a former Marlins star, Anibal Sanchez, who will start for the Tigers.