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MIAMI -- The two NL Rookie of the Year contenders chatted on the field during batting practice, discussing how they escaped Cuba before becoming major-league stars this season. Then they went head to head, and Jose Fernandez bested Yasiel Puig to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers. Fernandez allowed only one earned run in six innings to help Marlins win 6-2 Monday night, giving the Dodgers consecutive defeats for the first time since June 20-21. Puig went 0 for 3 against the All-Star right-hander in their first matchup. "Its not a big deal," Fernandez said. "Its one game. I dont think at all that Im better than him. His talent is no doubt." They met for the first time less than two hours before the game and talked at length, a rarity for a hitter and the pitcher hes about to face. "We were talking forever," Fernandez said. "I know were going to be incredible friends, because we actually were talking about what we went through to get here. We used to live 45 minutes away from each other. Pretty amazing." That adjective is used a lot lately to describe Fernandez (9-5), who beat the Dodgers for the second time in two starts. He has an ERA of 1.64 since June 1, and at home this year hes 6-0 in 12 starts with an ERA of 1.40. The animated 21-year-old was especially pumped up to face the NL West leaders. "He told me he was fired up and woke up at 6:30 in the morning ready to go," manager Mike Redmond said. "I was a little nervous, just because with young kids youre not sure." Fernandez lacked his usual command, walking two in the first inning, and threw 109 pitches. But he struck out eight, and the Dodgers went 0 for 7 against him with runners in scoring position. "Hes a tremendous pitcher," Puig said through a translator. "He knew how to mix his pitches and was able to dominate." Fernandez also had the Marlins first hit and scored the games first run from first base on a two-out double by Christian Yelich. "We just beat the best team in baseball," Fernandez said. "Thats the most important part. I could have pitched a lot better, but we got the win." Hyun-Jin Ryu (12-4), another standout rookie, allowed three runs in 7 1-3 innings and lost for the first time in his past eight starts. Logan Morrison doubled home a run in the seventh to put Miami ahead to stay. Giancarlo Stanton added his 15th homer in the eighth, when Miami scored three times against a bullpen that has been the best in the majors over the past month. Three Marlins relievers completed the six-hitter, delighting a crowd of 27,127, the third-largest this season in Miami. The Dodgers fell to 25-5 since the All-Star break and lost for only the third time in their past 22 road games. They had a 10-game winning streak snapped Sunday at Philadelphia. "We didnt play bad tonight," manager Don Mattingly said. "We didnt make any errors. We didnt get a whole lot of hits. We just got beat. At some point you have to say you got beat." Juan Uribe went 3 for 3 against Fernandez, scored once and doubled home a run. But Puig went 0 for 5, dropping his average to .351. Hanley Ramirez, traded by the Marlins during their miserable 2012 season, drew boos each time he batted. He went 0 for 4 and struck out twice. Los Angeles loaded the bases in the fifth on a ground single, an infield single and an error by third baseman Ed Lucas. Carl Crawford drove in a run with a groundout, but Fernandez then squelched the threat. He struck out Puig on three consecutive 97-mph fastballs, and struck out Adrian Gonzalez on a breaking pitch. "He has always taken those situations and really dominated them," Redmond said. Stanton homered off the home-run sculpture at Marlins Park against Chris Withrow. "A 2-iron," Redmond said. "That was a bullet." The homer ended a streak of 12 1-3 consecutive scoreless innings by the Los Angeles bullpen. NOTES: LF Crawford and 2B Mark Ellis robbed the Marlins of hits. ... Fernandez might make only one more home start. The Marlins plan to limit him to no more than 170 innings this year. ... Miamis Donovan Solano had an RBI single and is batting .400 with runners in scoring position. ... LHP Chris Capuano, scheduled to start Tuesday, celebrated his 35th birthday Monday. BOSTON -- Boston Colleges postseason hopes will live on for another week.Patrick Towles passed for 183 yards and a touchdown in his final home game, Davon Jones added a rushing score and Boston College defeated UConn 30-0 on Saturday.Eagles senior linebacker Matt Milano added a 19-yard interception return for a touchdown in the fourth quarter.Boston College (5-6) can become bowl-eligible with a victory in its regular-season finale at Wake Forest next week.It felt great to be in the locker room with them after they won this game, Eagles coach Steve Addazio said. Im looking forward to having an opportunity to win one more and get six.Neither team entered Saturday having produced much on offense in recent weeks.The Huskies (3-8) started freshman Donovan Williams at quarterback for the second straight game in an attempt to jumpstart an offense that entered the day averaging an FBS-worst 16.5 points per game. But UConn managed just 121 yards of offense, with Williams throwing three interceptions.A disappointing loss, UConn coach Bob Diaco said. Hard to win. When you dont have production on one side of the ball it becomes impossible. Itll be fixed. I know what the issues are and theyre going to be fixed -- and thats why were disappointed.The Eagles, whose offense came in averaging an FBS-worst 295.5 yards per game, had better luck.Towles had struggled throwing the ball this season, but found a groove in the third quarter completing 5 of 6 passes in the Eagles first drive out of halftime. The series ended with his 10-yard touchdown pass to Michael Walker that put BC in front 17-0.We talked all week -- weve got two games to make this season special. Check one, right? Towles said. Weve got a one-game season left.THE TAKEAWAYUCONN: The Huskies have tried to shake things up offensively in their past two games, but they havent moved the needle much. It was a particularly rough day for Williams, but all the experience is good for the young quarterback going forward.BOSTON COLLEGE: The stridess the Eagles made offensively come at the right time.dddddddddddd They will need it in their finale next week if theyre going to earn their third bowl berth under coach Steve Addazio.TURNOVER BATTLEBCs defense forced a season-high four turnovers (three INTs, fumble recovery). It was the most since the Eagles had five against Notre Dame on Nov. 21, 2015.SERIES DOMINANCEThe Eagles earned their 10th straight victory in their series with the Huskies. BC has outscored the Huskies in those games 297-59.SHUTOUT WINSThe victory was Boston Colleges first shutout win since a 76-0 win over Howard on Sept. 12, 2015. It was the first November shutout for the Eagles since a 17-0 win over Notre Dame on Nov. 8, 2008.HONORING RYANBC retired the jersey of former quarterback Matt Ryan at halftime Saturday.Ryan passed for 56 TDs and more than 9,000 yards at BC, and capped off his career by being selected third overall by the Atlanta Falcons in the 2008 NFL draft. He remains the schools highest draft pick in any sport. Among those in attendance for the ceremony was former BC coach Tom OBrien.Im really honored to have my jersey hanging up there, and very proud, Ryan told the crowd after his jersey was unveiled. It joined the previously retired jerseys of Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Doug Flutie, Outland Trophy winner Mike Ruth, and nine other former Eagles.Ryan was visible throughout the day. It included him leading the team in the pregame Eagle Walk through campus and into Alumni Stadium, a game-day tradition started when coach Steve Addazio arrived in 2013.UP NEXTUCONN: Returns home to host Tulane in its season finale.BOSTON COLLEGE: Hits the road for its conference and regular-season finale at Wake Forest.---More AP college football: www.collegefootball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25.---Follow Kyle Hightower on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/khightower ' ' '