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MIAMI -- Now that Ichiro Suzuki reached his milestone -- he banged out hit No. 3,000 on Sunday in Miamis 10-7 win over the Colorado Rockies -- the Marlins and their fans can more fully focus on the race for a wild-card playoff berth.The Marlins, who went 2-4 on their just completed road trip, play host to the National League West-leading San Francisco Giants (63-48) on Monday night in the start of a three-game series.Miami (59-52) leads the St. Louis Cardinals by one game and the New York Mets by two in the battle for the second and final NL wild card.The Marlins have to like their chances to win Mondays opener as All-Star right-hander Jose Fernandez takes the mound in a stadium where he rarely loses. He is 26-2 with a 1.62 ERA at Marlins Park, making him one of the best home-field pitchers in the history of the game.San Francisco, however, also feels pretty good about its starting pitcher, All-Star right-hander Johnny Cueto, who is 8-2 with a 2.82 ERA and a 1.12 walks-plus-hits-per-inning-pitched ratio on the road this season.Overall this season, Cueto is 13-3 with a 2.73 ERA. This is the 30-year-olds sixth season with double-figure wins, capped by his 20-9 record in 2014 and his 19-9 mark in 2012.He accomplished those records with his original team, the Cincinnati Reds, but he has been a bit of nomad since he was traded in midseason 2015, winning a World Series last year with the Kansas City Royals and then signing a six-year, $130 million deal with the Giants in December.The Giants won 16 of Cuetos first 18 starts this season, but San Francisco has since lost three of four.Fernandez has yet to cash in on a Cueto-like contract. Even so, as long as Fernandez stays healthy, he soon will hit the lottery because his pitching prowess is unquestioned.Still, the 24-year-old is in a mini-slump, having lost two games in a row for the first time since his rookie year of 2013.Fernandez is 12-6 with a 2.87 ERA this year. His 192 strikeouts are already a career high, five more than he had in 2013.In his only start against the Giants this year, Fernandez allowed four runs on seven hits in six innings during a 7-2 loss at San Francisco on April 23. His only other appearance vs. San Francisco was six-inning, three-run win last year.Theres no rhyme or reason why guys you think you should have success off shut you down, and the elite pitchers, you have success against, Giants manager Bruce Bochy told the San Francisco Chronicle. I wish I could explain it, but I cant. Part of it is, when you face them, are they on top of their game or not? That has something to do with it, too.With Fernandez and Cueto pitching, expect a close battle on Monday, especially since the Giants and Marlins have played 13 times at Marlins Park, and 10 of those games were decided by two runs or fewer.The Giants played a close game on Sunday, allowing only two hits but somehow managing to lose 1-0 to the Washington Nationals.San Francisco wasted a great effort from Madison Bumgarner, who pitched his fourth complete game of the year.The game had added meaning because the win gave the Nationals the season series, 4-3. If the teams finish with identical records and meet in the playoffs as division champs, the Nationals would get home-field advantage.As for Suzuki, he became just the 30th major league player to reach 3,000 hits, and he joined Paul Molitor as the only ones to reach the milestone with a triple.Suzuki was also the third player to reach 3,000 at age 42 or older, and he has the respect of virtually everyone in baseball.Being with (Suzuki) the past couple of years is so awesome, Marlins right fielder Giancarlo Stanton said in a TV interview following Sundays game. For him to get it like that (a triple off the wall in right field) -- that was cool, too. We were all yelling, Get over! Get over!We were able to hug him on the field, and that was cool.Suzuki, speaking through a translator in a press conference after the game, was quite funny when asked about the pressure he felt starting the game 0-for-3.My body felt like Justin Bours -- just so heavy, he said, referencing Miamis hefty first baseman. But after that hit, the burden was lifted off.Now that the chase is over, though, the Marlins have to get back to business. Third baseman Martin Prado left Sundays game after fouling a pitch off his foot, and that is an injury to a team leader that could be crucial. Wholesale Lakers Jerseys . Following a lopsided 5-2 loss against the New Jersey Devils on Wednesday night, Paul MacLean told reporters that "theres a lack of focus, theres a lack of leadership and theres a lack of preparation" with his struggling team. That came on the heels of Bryan Murray taking the unusual step of going into the locker room at the Prudential Center and addressing the players himself. 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His first stop after the layoff is the clay in Rio as he tests the back and tries to stay healthy for the French Open in three months. BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Nebraska quarterback Tommy Armstrong Jr. knows how good his team is. He expects everyone else to figure it out, too.After hanging on for a 27-22 victory Saturday at Indiana, Armstrong challenged the critics who contend the Cornhuskers have feasted on a soft schedule and their latest victory proves just how perilous their No. 10 ranking could be when things get tougher.We get criticized about who we play. At the end of the day, we play great teams, Armstrong said. At the end of the day, the Big Ten came out of the preseason as one of the top conferences going into the conference (season). We look at it as were going to win each (game), if we dont get respect, oh well. Were going to go out there and demand it. But if we keep winning, theres nothing anyone can say about our team.Nebraska (6-0, 3-0 Big Ten ) is off to its best start since 2001 and has won seven straight games overall, including last seasons bowl victory over UCLA.But if the conferences West Division leaders intend to stay there -- and continue their staggering climb up the rankings -- theres little doubt they must play better than they did Saturday.While the Hoosiers (3-3, 1-2) are better than previous seasons, Armstrong and the Huskers took control early and had a chance to blow out Indiana after taking a 17-0 first-quarter lead.Instead, the Huskers offense bogged down, the defense finally broke down in the second half and Terrell Newbys loose ball with 2:06 left in the game nearly ended Nebraskas winninng streak.dddddddddddd The vaunted ground game averaged just 3.4 yards per carry, and Armstrong struggled, going 10 of 26 with two interceptions.The way Armstrong and the coaches saw it, beating a team that had already upset the defending Big Ten champs and seriously challenged No. 2 Ohio State last week in Columbus should be good enough to convince the doubters that Nebraska is actually that good.Im extremely excited about the will to win that this team has, how hard they play, the resiliency they show and kind of the clutch attitude and poise they keep in the fourth quarter, coach Mike Riley said. I know, and I know that you know we have a lot of football to clean up to be really, really good but its awfully good to win even with that.Especially now that the real tests are about to begin.After trying to avenge last seasons loss to Purdue next weekend, theyll face No. 8 Wisconsin and No. 2 Ohio State in back-to-back weeks. Win all three, and Nebraska wont have to lobby anyone for respect.For now, though, Armstrong insists that debate should already be over and hell keep making points until it is.Other people may laugh at us, talking about are we real or are we really a great team, Armstrong said. Each week, we come out, we win. Once we keep winning, what are they going to say then? Were not playing great teams?---Online:AP College Football: collegefootball.ap.org ' ' '